: Hey guys,

: Working on my first GP. On Holst's step 2 (mark the narrow faces
: and cutting) I did the first cut by hand with a saw and block
: plane, and it took a few hours. The next three cuts I did with a
: band saw and jack plane and it took a fraction of the time.

: However, after doing step 3 (mark wide faces and cut) on the band
: saw, I see things are coming out a bit rough. Part of this is
: probably just needing to smooth out the bandsaw cuts (I did this
: on step 2 with the plane), but I see my edges looking a bit
: rough, and I'm worried if I start planing everything even after
: each step I'll end up with too narrow a paddle.

: Since most of the uneven cuts are getting planed/shaved away
: anyway, I wondered how important it is to have everything dead
: even before moving onto the next step. Thoughts?

Personally I use the layout lines to establish the basic shape and once that is cut I ignore them. On occasion this doesn't work too well btw. I use cheap wood so I can always make another.

Bill H.