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Paddle: High School class project info
By:Scott Striegel
Date: 10/7/2011, 3:14 pm

I am a high school Wood Shop/Engineering teacher and as a Design & Build project I think I am going to have kids build paddles. Ultimately, they will design them with CAD software and may even cut the paddle blades on a CNC Router (maybe). I was wondering if people had and good designs which are fairly simple (this is not our traditional wood shop class). I would like to have a few possible designs for them to work from, I was thinking kayak paddles, canoe paddles, stand-up paddle boards.... I plan to make a paddle in the next month or so, so that I can have more experience before they start their's. Any advice or design info you have would be excellent. Thanks.

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Paddle: High School class project info
Scott Striegel -- 10/7/2011, 3:14 pm
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David Bynoe -- 10/7/2011, 4:36 pm
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Eric M. -- 10/7/2011, 5:07 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 10/7/2011, 6:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2011, 1:46 am
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Craig Robinson -- 10/8/2011, 5:58 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 10/9/2011, 3:19 pm