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Re: Paddle: GL lengths
By:Roy Martin
Date: 4/30/2012, 6:30 pm
In Response To: Paddle: GL lengths (Mike)

: OK I must be missing something here. I picked up a piece of Cedar 2
: x 8 with no knots at Home Depo of all places. :) Ripped it at
: the 3 1/2" mark. So far so good. Now I'm reading through
: Chuck Holst PDF about the sizing. I'm 6'3" and my arms must
: be realy long! I come up with an arm span of 76" finger tip
: to finger tip. Now I'm supposed to add the legth of elbow to
: finger? That's another 20". And a loom of 20". So a GL
: that's 96" long ??? I thought they all come in around
: 82" or 84". Maybe I wrong about that.

: What do you all think?

: Thanks

: Mike

also...how did you determine that you wanted a 20 inch loom? what height shoulders are you planning on? the shoulder can also determine how forgiving the loom length will be.
you are sort of correct that most GP are not 96 inches long....generally they run from 84 inches to around 90 inches depending on the cut and the persons preference {looms , generally are between 19 and 21 inches with some shorter and some a little longer...but this is the average}
Best Wishes
Roy

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: GL lengths
Mike -- 4/30/2012, 5:16 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
John Abercrombie -- 4/30/2012, 5:35 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/30/2012, 5:53 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
dave koslow -- 4/30/2012, 6:23 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Roy Martin -- 4/30/2012, 6:22 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Bill Hamm -- 5/1/2012, 3:24 am
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Roy Martin -- 4/30/2012, 6:30 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Mike -- 4/30/2012, 7:01 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Brian Nystrom -- 5/1/2012, 6:34 am
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Mike Bielski -- 4/30/2012, 7:22 pm
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Roy Martin -- 4/30/2012, 7:36 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 4/30/2012, 7:53 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Allan -- 4/30/2012, 7:54 pm
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Brian Nystrom -- 5/1/2012, 6:38 am
Re: Paddle: GL lengths
Nick Riccardi -- 5/3/2012, 4:54 pm