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Re: Paddle: greenland paddle length?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/10/2011, 12:50 am
In Response To: Re: Paddle: greenland paddle length? (KenC)

: At my local big box stores, I've had good luck getting nice blanks
: out of 4x4 stock. I've gotten several perfectly clear 2x4 blanks
: this way, with very straight, very tight grain, and lots of
: smaller bits left over for laminated efforts.

It's funny, lots of people have recommended 4x4's for paddles, around here the cedar 4x4's are just awful looking, most look kinda like cork screws ;)

I've had better overall luck using 2x6's or 2x8's often 10-12' long to get a nice clear section without knots, still much cheaper that paying for clear wood. Also the scrap can often be used for strips when you're building your next strip kayak :)

Bill H.

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Paddle: greenland paddle length?
dave g -- 3/2/2011, 12:09 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/2/2011, 12:24 am
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JohnK -- 3/2/2011, 12:49 am
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Allan -- 3/2/2011, 1:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 4:08 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 3/2/2011, 7:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 12:33 am
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Noel Bennett -- 3/3/2011, 7:40 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 11:26 am
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KenC -- 3/9/2011, 9:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/10/2011, 12:50 am
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Allan -- 3/3/2011, 3:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 5:59 pm
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Fred Gasper -- 3/2/2011, 8:06 am
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Don Goss -- 3/2/2011, 6:01 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 3/2/2011, 7:41 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/3/2011, 10:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 11:28 am
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/3/2011, 2:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/3/2011, 3:39 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/4/2011, 11:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/4/2011, 2:53 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/5/2011, 1:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2011, 6:20 pm
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 3/5/2011, 8:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/6/2011, 1:03 am