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Paddle: paddle-building question
By:Richard Kleinhenz
Date: 10/5/2011, 12:10 pm

I'm building a paddle as shown in Nick's book. My book is the 1997 edition. I'm a little confused about tapering the ends of the paddle shaft. Nick says (page 164 top) "You should bve planing the faces that show the glue line." Yet Figure 10-2d shows a dotted line that I assumed was the glue line. (I already planed one end before I noticed the discrepancy with the text...). The blade halves then are glued onto the planed, tapered surface, right? Or did I get it all wrong in my mind? Figure 10-2e has the shaft rotated by 90 deg, right? So in the end, when I am looking at the face of the blade, the glueline will be facing me, running all the way into the end of the paddle.

Appreciate any clarification. Thanks!

Regards,
Rich

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Paddle: paddle-building question
Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/5/2011, 12:10 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/5/2011, 3:10 pm
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Dave Houser -- 10/5/2011, 4:15 pm
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Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/5/2011, 4:32 pm
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StephenHJ -- 10/5/2011, 5:35 pm
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Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/5/2011, 7:44 pm
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Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/5/2011, 4:25 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/5/2011, 6:45 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 10/5/2011, 7:17 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/5/2011, 7:33 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/6/2011, 5:05 am
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Kevin McAtee -- 10/6/2011, 4:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2011, 4:21 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2011, 4:22 am
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Tom B -- 10/6/2011, 4:58 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 10/6/2011, 6:52 am
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Mike Savage -- 10/6/2011, 10:08 am
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Dave Houser -- 10/5/2011, 10:29 pm
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Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/6/2011, 9:56 am
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Dave Houser -- 10/7/2011, 10:55 pm