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Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/8/2011, 1:51 am
In Response To: Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule (Dave Houser)

: Here is my trick.

: The narrow width of the paddle shaft should be slightly bigger than
: the ferrule. Whittle the shoulder on the shaft and the shaft to
: fit the ferrule with a little side wiggle and taper the shaft at
: the shoulder to roughly match the diameter of the ferrule. Loose
: fit all of the parts and align the paddle shafts with the shaft
: vertical. Then wrap masking tape around the bottom ferrule, half
: on the ferrule and half on the shaft. Carefully take the top
: half of the paddle off by separating the ferrule halves. The
: tape should hold the alignment of the ferrule half and seal the
: crack between the ferrule and the shaft. The shaft should be
: well recessed into the ferrule on either paddle half. Since the
: ferrule is currently pointing up, pour epoxy into the ferrule so
: it just covers the end cut of the shaft wood. Some of the epoxy
: will settle or soak into the wood so fill again after it sets so
: the end cut is totally covered and sealed. Now repeat for the
: second paddle half. You have to be careful with the wet epoxy so
: not to get any on the mating surfaces of the ferrule. Just to be
: safe, I squirt the epoxy down a tube when the machined ferrule
: surface is on the inside. When you have done both halves the
: wood will be sealed water tight, the shaft will be straight, the
: feather will be right and without any offending screw heads.

My paddles are all one piece, so I don't have to worry about this :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/5/2011, 8:07 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Ian Cummins -- 10/5/2011, 8:21 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/5/2011, 8:50 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Will N To Go -- 10/5/2011, 9:42 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Mike Bielski -- 10/5/2011, 11:41 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Richard Kleinhenz -- 10/6/2011, 12:34 am
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
ancient kayaker -- 10/6/2011, 6:44 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Bill Hamm -- 10/6/2011, 7:40 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Dave Houser -- 10/7/2011, 11:27 pm
Re: Paddle: making tenon for ferrule
Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2011, 1:51 am