Subject: Re: baidarka FW: Aleut Paddle
From: Douglas Ingram (redcanoe@pangea.ca)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2000 - 23:06:02 EST
I should also add that I shape my paddles from Cherry, which is a hardwood.
Which is why I use a 24 grit disc. Cedar, being considerably softer, shapes
very, very fast, by grinder. For beginners, I would recommend a finer grit
for shaping, probably a 50, or even and 80. One nice thing about this
method for shaping paddles is that it allows a great deal of sophisticated
shaping to be done, you are not locked into what specific cutters will
allow.
As Skip has noted, its not a particularily pleasant way to work, but in my
case, time is money. If I earned my living by a different means,
paddlemaking would be a pleasant pastime, and other means of production
would then be appealing. When you do as many paddles as I have, slower
ways, sadly, get more than a little boring and tedious.
Douglas Ingram
Red River Canoe & Paddle
Lorette, Manitoba
> I'll pick one up and try it... Thanks, Doug! I have discovered a new way
to
> set the shaper so it produces a smoother product, by leaving a guide
tongue
> on the original wood and doing the net trim later. It also opens the
> flexibility for a lot of different paddle shapes.
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