> Anybody have a good way to round off a paddle shaft? The best I've come up
> with is a pair of praces to hold it up and let it rotate so you can clamp
> it in any position, and then plane and sand. I hand sand with a broken
> belt wrapped around the shaft. Aside from a big lathe, any better ideas?

did any of you see the recent WoodenBoat article on making hollow spars ? why couldn't that method be used for paddle shafts ? anyone tried it yet ? on smoothing the shaft, they said they sometines used a sanding belt turned inside-out. the fastest way I found to round a shaft was a small spoke shave.