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Gear Talk / Re: Wood Paddles - Hope they perform like they look.

« on: August 21, 2007, 02:33:05 PM »

Thanks for the kind words all. I'm stoked for my brother to see them. I'll let him choose which he likes and keep the other for myself. #2 is the nicer of them IMO (I'll post soon) but we'll see which he goes for. I'm going to continue building and refining. Of course that's going to mean a lot of time on water for R&D....

Patfly....hehe...been there done that. I find it usually helps to get something off the honey-do list just before....it's always easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission as well.

Shapeshifter....I was originally planning on glassing them but I'm not going to now. The next build will have a thinner blade I'll definitely want to glass. The roarockit looks sweet....now I have the same problem as patfly. I'll need to think of a project to build for the boss that requires vacuum lamination.

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Gear Talk / Re: Wood Paddles - Hope they perform like they look.

« on: August 20, 2007, 08:23:58 AM »

Thanks for the link. That looks like a much easier way to build than using the laminations and obviously strong enough given the history. I'll have to try it soon.

I really enjoyed building these. I'm new to SUP so I'll be experimenting on different contruction methods, sizes, etc... The blade widths are 9" and 9.5".

Here is a picture of the finished handle on #1


...and the rest.

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Gear Talk / Wood Paddles - Hope they perform like they look.

« on: August 20, 2007, 05:29:23 AM »

I'm building my brother a SUP paddle and had the materials for two so figured I'd try a couple of designs and let him pick which he prefers. These are my 1st so they may just end up on the wall. They'll be getting tested Labor day weekend.

I've been reading all the posts regarding length, blade width, flex, and have come to the conclusion that there is no definite standard. Like so many things it will come down to personal preference. In other words I'll keep building until I get one that works. You can see a blog on the process here.
http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Treefarmer/blog/1738

Let me know what you think.