Make mine a large pizza Margherita Alan, lotsa mozzarella.
It'll look sharp dressed in carbon.
It'll look sharp dressed in carbon.
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Mem's making a paddle so do I....
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Ya know that's a pretty good idea. I need one of those and my mom's is starting to split.
Add another project to the list.
Thanks. It will be my new whitewater paddle to replace that Broken Branches paddle from my last trip. I think the weight will come out about the same and it can't be any weaker.
Alan
Hahahaha. It just so happens that it's the most efficient shape for two tasks. Alan, did you read the shape of the canoe before you started that? It looks like John Winters' paddle incarnate.
Looking forward to the grip stage. And yes, it is a beautiful paddle.
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Haha, I didn't see that before writing on the other place.... Nice job Alan!! I'm sure you will make a great paddle!!
If you are going to cover that lovely wood with carbon, why not just start with foam. Nice work though eh.
Mostly because I don't have any suitable foam on hand and I want it to be really tough. I'll see how this one turns out and and how strong it is but would like to try a foam core paddle at some point.
Alan
I need to go back and read that again, been a couple years. I don't remember much paddle talk but I was pretty fixated on canoe designing at the time.
I mostly copied the blade shape of my Zav. Made it a little wider down low (9") and a little wider towards the throat but not too much. I didn't like how wide the Bending Branches paddle stayed towards the top of the blade. Made it noisy to paddle if I didn't completely bury the blade.
Put carbon on the blade yesterday morning and on the shaft last night. Went very well. Peel ply left a nice finish. To peel ply the shaft I cut strips 3-4" wide and wrapped it like a barber pole. Worked very well.
20170312_002 by Alan, on Flickr
20170312_001 by Alan, on FlickrI sanded and feathered the edge of the blade to prepare it for the s-glass and dynel. Added that this morning and will pull the peel ply tonight to see how it came out.
20170312_003 by Alan, on FlickrAlan
So ya over engineered the pizza peel, and wound up with an awesome paddle instead. Beautiful
Get the order book ready Alan, you may need to make way more than one.
Get the order book ready Alan, you may need to make way more than one.
9 inches! You better take up a new hobby, weight lifting! At least eat some meat!
All joking aside, what's the approximate surface area?
All joking aside, what's the approximate surface area?
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I can't see if the dynel edge is on or not.... I usually apply dynel edging before glassing the blade so the glass cover the dynel...
Well now I'm getting pretty tired of people casting all these aspresians at vegetarians; making it sound like we're a bunch of lightweight weenies. But canoe tripping vegetarians are tough. We have to be. Pulling carrots out of the ground is hard work and we have to skin them too. And you might think a bear wandering into camp because it smells bacon grease is dangerous but we all know those little black bears are pushovers. You don't know fear until you've had a pack of rabbits catch wind of your vegetable pouch in the middle of a famine.
It starts with a lone scream far back in the woods that's soon joined by all the other swamp rabbits it a 10 mile radius. They normally hunt alone but will pack up when times get tough. Once the pack is together the screams stop and you can hear them thumping across the moss from 300 yards away. Before you know it they're on you.
Sometimes a particularly cute bunny will quietly and timidly approach the edge of camp; cautiously sniffing the air with fear in its eyes as it wiggles it's little pink nose back and forth. This is just a ruse. While you're busy taking its picture and talking baby talk to it the rest of the pack rushes in from behind with their eyes glowing red (the albinos anyway). Their teeth have been sharpened to a razor edge on alder and willow bark and they're not afraid to use them. But worst of all is the way they kick. You have to remain on your feet so that they can only direct the most vicious blows to the lower half of your body. If you loose your balance you're done for as they instinctively go for the head and eyes if they get a chance.
The only way to fend them off in the bush is with a large and well shaped club. A carbon covered canoe paddle is nearly the perfect weapon. Light enough to maintain control but heavy enough to do damage and the thin edge is sharp enough to cut their heads clean off. A blunt tipped wood blade would only send them toppling backwards, knocking them off guard for a few seconds before they rush back in.
About 117 sq. inches. Blade is 19" long. 8.75" max width. At about 10" from the tip it narrows considerably to the throat.
Alan
It's not on in any of the pictures. I don't have any dynel cord, only cloth, so it has to wrap around the edge. I was up in the air about which to put on first and for some reason, which I don't remember right now, I decided to do the carbon first.
Alan
I read his chapter on paddles this afternoon, think I've always skipped over it before. Much of it didn't sink in with the first reading but it was very interesting. Now I want to make lots of different paddles. At least they're faster to build, cheaper, and take up less room than canoes.
Alan
I haven't seen that episode of the X-Files yet, looking forward to it now though.
Great way to use up scraps !!
I'm waiting to see the grip !
Guessing it will be a T grip.
Shaft looks fine !
OK ! You're scaring me with these Bunny stories ! You mean Sadie can scare off bears, and lets the rabbits run rampant ? Come on !
Jim
I'm waiting to see the grip !
Guessing it will be a T grip.
Shaft looks fine !
OK ! You're scaring me with these Bunny stories ! You mean Sadie can scare off bears, and lets the rabbits run rampant ? Come on !
Jim
I know of the bunnies Alan speaks of, and I live in terror. I might begin building one of those carbonified dynelized bunny clubs right now. This ancient video, caught with the iphone -10 shows them in action.
That's what my son said a few years ago and now it is a full time business and now we've added canoes. Thought I had retired..........................
He's got huge, sharp... er...
He can leap about...
LOOK AT THE BONES!
How much does a holy hand grenade of Antioch add to pack weight?
