Subject: Re: baidarka FW: Aleut Paddle
From: Douglas Ingram (redcanoe@pangea.ca)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 10:04:13 EST
James, I can't conceive of working without my angle grinder, I'd be lost
without it. It has been the tool of choice for over 600 paddles now. With
a little practice I am sure that most people could be able to control it.
Choosing the right grit is very important.
Once you get the hang of it, you can do amazing things, and with more
control than you'd think. On the bentshaft and Freestyle blades that I do,
I routinely shape to very close tolerances and thin edges.
The shaped blade faces, the ridge, even the groove, would be easy for me to
do with the grinder. But, I guess that after 600 paddles, it had better be.
In the end, we all choose the tools that work best for us.
Douglas
> Phil, I can't conceive of being able to control a disk sander that well.
But
> I cut the hollow successfully with a belt sander all the time. Rough the
> shape either by hand or with the shaper, then use the nose of the belt
> sander to grind the final curve. It takes some practice, but it will
work.
> Someday I would like to get better, more accurate control of that by
> building a special sanding tool; but for now, my beat-up old Makita does
the
> job.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip A Jacobs (jaco0253@jaco0253.email.umn.edu)"
> <jaco0253@gold.tc.umn.edu>
> To: <baidarka@lists.intelenet.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:48 PM
> Subject: Re: baidarka FW: Aleut Paddle
>
>
> > I haven't tried this but have been following this thread. Some of the
> > better wood working catalogs (Lee Valley Tools, Garrett Wade, etc.) sell
> > scooping tools ('scorps') used to hollow out chair seats, etc. on a pull
> > stroke. Sort of like a ladle with a sharpened edge and a hole in the
> > bottom.
> >
> > Could these grooves or hollows be carved out with a 4 inch disk
> > sander/grinder, using the edge of the disk on an angle (like cutting
coves
> > on a table saw)?
> >
> >
> > Oooh, I hate to recommend this to anybody. It is a special cutter I
built
> > up myself with the help of a machine shop (the cutter alone was nearly
> > $500). Tricky, expensive, dangerous as hell. A panel cutter won't do
it.
> > This is more like a 2" high cove cutter with a long straight side set at
8
> > degrees. If you really want to go there, I will send you some photos
after
> > I come back from Alaska. You will need a pretty health shaper for this,
> > at least 2 hp. I am using a 220v Grizzly. Ask me again next year!
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