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Re: Paddle: My First Paddle
By:G New
Date: 9/9/2010, 9:11 pm
In Response To: Paddle: My First Paddle *PIC* (theluckyone17)

Your paddle looks good. I would recommend that you spend a little time on ebay and look for an old Stanley spokeshave No. 151 with a flat sole. You can usually get one for under $10. Then spend a little time honing the blade and flattening the sole. Like yourself I have only made one GP, and I used an inexpensive piece of rough 2x4 WRC from Lowes for my blank. The paddle itself was carved with several hand planes, but I found the spokeshave the most useful tool for shaping the paddle. My next choice would be a good block plane. In fact, I would say that I was not very good with the spokeshave until I tried to make a paddle and then my skills went way up.

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Paddle: My First Paddle *PIC*
theluckyone17 -- 9/8/2010, 8:25 pm
Re: Paddle: My First Paddle
G New -- 9/9/2010, 9:11 pm
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TheLuckyOne -- 9/9/2010, 9:37 pm
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G New -- 9/9/2010, 10:05 pm
Re: Paddle: My First Paddle *PIC*
Jim Flowers -- 9/9/2010, 6:36 pm
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dhwdaniels -- 9/10/2010, 3:35 am
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TheLuckyOne -- 9/10/2010, 7:51 am
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Don Goss -- 9/9/2010, 7:13 am
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TheLuckyOne -- 9/9/2010, 6:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2010, 1:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2010, 2:59 am
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TheLuckyOne -- 9/9/2010, 6:43 pm