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Re: Paddle: Building greenland paddles
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/23/2010, 1:48 am
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Building greenland paddles (Brian Nystrom)

: I'm fond of polyurethane glue for laminating paddle blanks. It's
: completely waterproof and very strong, but it requires tight
: joints and very firm clamping. If you decide to go the epoxy
: route, use wood flour to thicken it, as silica will ruin the
: edges on your tools.

: As for making tight joints, as long as you have a good quality,
: sharp blade in your table saw and you make clean cuts, it
: shouldn't take more than a few fine-cut strokes with a SHARP
: plane to clean them up for gluing.

Microfibers work too for thickening, actually better than wood flour and won't hurt your tools.

Bill H.

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Paddle: Building greenland paddles
john faas -- 9/21/2010, 11:07 pm
Re: Paddle: Building greenland paddles
G New -- 9/22/2010, 8:07 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/23/2010, 8:28 am
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G New -- 9/23/2010, 8:13 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/24/2010, 8:39 am
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john faas -- 9/22/2010, 10:23 pm
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John lasky -- 9/22/2010, 12:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2010, 1:54 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/22/2010, 9:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2010, 1:48 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/23/2010, 8:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 9/22/2010, 10:21 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/22/2010, 3:55 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 9/22/2010, 10:13 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/23/2010, 8:16 am
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Mike Bielski -- 9/23/2010, 8:23 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/23/2010, 8:38 am
Re: Paddle: Building greenland paddles *PIC*
Dave Gentry -- 9/21/2010, 11:51 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/22/2010, 10:17 am
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barry boyette -- 9/22/2010, 7:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2010, 11:56 pm
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john faas -- 9/22/2010, 1:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2010, 1:46 am