Foam Core Kiteboard

Step 5 Add the threaded inserts

Mark down the desired locations for the inserts where the foot straps and grab handle will screw into. If you're going to be adding fins mark down where the screws will pass through the board and where the fins will sit.

Use the dremel to cut out foam where the inserts will sit. Do not cut all the way through the foam. With the screws inside the inserts place them in the board and fill with a 2:1 mixture of micro and epoxy.

For the fin screws simply dremel out where the screws will pass through and fill it with the same mixture of micro and epoxy. This way the screws will be passing through epoxy and not just foam.

If you are concerned about the strength of the inserts leave out the micro from the epoxy you are using to secure them. Same with the fin inserts. The micro does save weight and expensive epoxy though.