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Re: weight saving with hollow shaft?
By:Hank
Date: 2/16/2000, 10:37 pm
In Response To: Routing w/ Tablesaw (mike allen ---})

Hi Guys,

While entertaining my own ideas of making a hollow tapered shaft by assembling 8 tapered strips of selected wood with carefully angled edges. It occurred to me that the actual volume of wood that might be saved is not really that great and the resulting weight savings (considering that cedar or an other a light weight wood could be used) may not amount to much. Which is not really relevant because it would not stop me from attempting such a project anyway.

Has anyone calculated the weight savings? - just thought I would ask ;-)

Hank

Messages In This Thread

Paddle-building pages (Dean - don't read)
Ross Leidy -- 2/16/2000, 12:35 pm
Re: Paddle-building pages (Dean - don't read)
Dennis -- 2/16/2000, 2:21 pm
Re: no books, but...
Ross Leidy -- 2/17/2000, 10:48 pm
Re: Paddle-building pages
Shawn Baker -- 2/16/2000, 1:27 pm
Re: Paddle-building pages
Chris Casazza -- 2/17/2000, 8:58 am
Hollow shaft
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/16/2000, 3:33 pm
Re: Hollow shaft
Chris Luneski -- 2/19/2000, 6:03 am
Re: Hollow shaft
Mike Hanks -- 2/19/2000, 3:14 pm
Re: Hollow shaft
Chris Luneski -- 2/21/2000, 4:12 am
Re: Hollow shaft
Bill Heuser -- 2/24/2000, 5:16 pm
Re: Hollow shaft
Robert Woodard -- 2/24/2000, 6:26 pm
Re: Hollow shaft
Shawn Baker -- 2/16/2000, 4:10 pm
Re: Hollow shaft
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/17/2000, 9:18 am
Molding Planes
Paul Lund -- 2/18/2000, 5:14 am
Routing w/ Tablesaw
mike allen ---} -- 2/16/2000, 10:08 pm
Re: Routing w/ Tablesaw
Shawn Baker -- 2/17/2000, 9:52 am
Re: weight saving with hollow shaft?
Hank -- 2/16/2000, 10:37 pm
Re: weight saving with hollow shaft?
John D. -- 2/17/2000, 1:54 am
Re: weight saving with hollow shaft?
Bram -- 2/17/2000, 11:57 am
Is the weight saving worth it?
Shawn Baker -- 2/17/2000, 10:13 am
Re: thanks for the "numbers"
Hank -- 2/17/2000, 7:48 am
Even thinner/lighter
Shawn Baker -- 2/17/2000, 10:19 am
Re: Even thinner/lighter
Bram -- 2/17/2000, 11:43 am
Re: Even thinner/lighter
Will Brockman -- 2/18/2000, 1:56 pm
Re: Even thinner/lighter
Ross Leidy -- 2/17/2000, 10:26 am
Re: Even thinner/lighter
Shawn Baker -- 2/17/2000, 10:29 am
Re: weight saving with hollow shaft?
Spidey -- 2/17/2000, 12:49 am
Re: Hollow shaft
Bram -- 2/16/2000, 6:46 pm
Re: Hollow shaft
Mike Hanks -- 2/16/2000, 5:37 pm