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Re: paddle - My favorite tool
By:Nick Schade
Date: 6/15/1998, 7:27 pm
In Response To: paddle (Brian Ramoly)

I use a high-speed right-angle grinder. A 4.5" disk or 50 grit paper spinning at 10,000 RPM does a lot of damage real fast, but once you learn how to control it, they can't be beat for sculpting a paddle blade. I use a spoke shave for the shaft.

> Last month I started to shape an 8' 2x8 into a kayak paddle.
> I borrowed a friend's scroll saw to cut the basic outline. Now I am
> thinning out the blades and rounding the handle. The work is slow
> going with the hand tools I have been using, a spokeshave, a block
> plane, and a shurform plane.

> If anyone has created a paddle from a single piece of wood, I
> would be interested in hearing the tools you used. Even if you haven't
> built a paddle, I would welcome suggestions.

> The wood I am using is ash.

> P.S. This is a first posting from someone who has been reading
> this thread for a year. I've learned much. Thanks for keeping this
> thread going.

Messages In This Thread

paddle
Brian Ramoly -- 6/15/1998, 12:45 pm
Re: paddle
Karl Coplan -- 6/16/1998, 10:40 am
Me too...
Rick C. -- 6/17/1998, 1:50 am
Re: Chris Kulczycki's book
Mark Kanzler -- 6/17/1998, 10:55 am
Re: Chris Kulczycki's book
Brad Heinauer -- 6/18/1998, 7:40 pm
Re: Chris Kulczycki's book
NPenney -- 6/18/1998, 7:40 am
Re: Chris Kulczycki's book is good
Nick Schade -- 6/17/1998, 10:06 pm
Re: Chris Kulczycki's book is good
Mark Kanzler -- 6/19/1998, 8:20 pm
Re: Nick's book and a webpage suggestion.
Mark Kanzler -- 6/19/1998, 8:27 pm
Re: Nick's book and a webpage suggestion.
Nick Schade -- 6/19/1998, 9:15 pm
Re: Veneer Guillemot.
Mark Kanzler -- 6/20/1998, 10:15 am
Re: Veneer Guillemot.
Nick Schade -- 6/20/1998, 4:40 pm
Re: Chris Kulczycki's book is good
Rick C. -- 6/18/1998, 1:56 am
Re: paddle
R. N. Sabolevsky -- 6/16/1998, 2:35 am
Sharp Tools!
Nick Schade -- 6/17/1998, 10:10 pm
Solid wood, few tools, cool paddle.
Duane Strosaker -- 6/16/1998, 12:34 pm
Re: Solid wood, few tools, cool paddle.
Rick C. -- 6/16/1998, 1:14 am
Re: paddle
Brian Ramoly -- 6/16/1998, 12:15 pm
Re: paddle - My favorite tool
Nick Schade -- 6/15/1998, 7:27 pm
Re: paddle - My favorite tool
Rob Cochrane -- 6/16/1998, 4:47 pm
Re: paddle - My favorite tool
Nick Schade -- 6/16/1998, 9:50 pm
Re: paddle - My favorite tool
Rob Cochrane -- 6/17/1998, 4:49 pm
Re: Selling Padlles
Mark Kanzler -- 6/19/1998, 8:14 pm
Re: Trade Secrets
Mark Kanzler -- 6/16/1998, 4:55 pm
Re: Paddle Carving Tools (2 of 2)
Mark Kanzler -- 6/15/1998, 10:41 am
Re: Paddle Carving Tools (1 of 2)
Mark Kanzler -- 6/15/1998, 10:36 am
Re: paddle
Paul Jacobson -- 6/15/1998, 4:24 am
Re: paddle - good advice!
Roger Tulk -- 6/15/1998, 10:47 am
Re: paddle
Paul Jacobson -- 6/15/1998, 4:29 am