Over the winter I built a Cheasapeake 16 and a paddle to go with it. I consulted this forum for many things. Those I knew I needed to find out and those I had no idea I needed to find out about; but did need to know. So, thank you all for all of your work on this site.

Anyway, the paddle is two piece that initially was held together with PVC pipe and duct tape. This weekend I made a f-glass ferrule. First, a layer of wax paper on the paddle shafts then layer after layer of glass and epoxy. I waited 24 hours.

To get it apart, I tied each end to trees in my back yard and cranked on it. I had to wiggle it and so on. I ran back and forth yanking on the straps, providing more and more tension. Eventually one shaft end popped out with a popgun sound. Then I drove the other end out with a dowel.

I cut down the ends and have a nice ferrule, with one major problem. The problem is the ferrule bends...in half. My question is, will the ferrule hardened and no longer bend or does it need layers of some other kind of material? Just by way of information, it is about 1/8" thick made with 6 oz glass and epoxy from US Composites.