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Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles
By:Paul Jacobson
Date: 8/30/1998, 8:59 pm
In Response To: Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles (Rob Cochrane)

> The most common mould is a two piece mould say a back side and front side
> that clamp together to form the complete mould. I would only go to this
> type of tool and the expense to make wing or other similar complex shapes.
> For the rest I would use wood, plywood and then reinforce with carbon etc.

I was thinking of a simpler, single mold. An analogous process is how fiberglass cloth is layed-up over a `plug' to create many fiberglass canoe or kayak hulls from a single master. The mold controls the shape, size, and some of the finish of one side. The other side can be left as rough as you want, or easily smoothed and shaped with a sander. Paul Jacobson

Messages In This Thread

Carbon Fibre Paddles
Rick Hewitt -- 8/29/1998, 3:30 pm
Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles
Mark Kanzler -- 8/30/1998, 11:11 am
Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles
Paul Jacobson -- 8/29/1998, 7:48 pm
Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles
Rob Cochrane -- 8/30/1998, 9:52 am
Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles
Paul Jacobson -- 8/30/1998, 8:59 pm
Re: Carbon Fibre Paddles
Mike Scarborough -- 8/30/1998, 10:35 am
Re: Wing Paddles
Ross Leidy -- 9/1/1998, 12:30 am