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Re: Greenland!

Posted By: Pete Rudie
Date: Friday, 23 April 1999, at 1:20 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Greenland! (The Big Legume)

> On your idea of laminating fiberglass in the center of 2 1x4s to make a
> paddle blank--Fiberglass adds tensile strength, which is what is needed at
> the suface of the paddle to prevent bending.

> The centerline of the paddle is actually the neutral axis, which is under
> no bending stress. The wood adjacent to the neutral axis is under the
> lowest loads of all the wood in the paddle. The wood under the highest
> loads is on the surface of the paddle. So they best place to add 'glass is
> on the outside of the paddle.

It might do some good, if the joint were oriented perpendicular to the paddle face. Glass on the shaft is best from an engineering standpoint, but there it would be subject to dings and nicks. Those little fiberglass slivers are hell to get out, so I would never glass the outside of a shaft.

Messages In This Thread

Which design??
Andy M. -- Friday, 9 April 1999, at 6:10 p.m.

Re: Which design??
Pete Rudie -- Saturday, 10 April 1999, at 3:16 a.m.

Re: Upper Missouri Trip
Shawn Baker -- Wednesday, 21 April 1999, at 5:09 p.m.

Re: Which design??
Mike R. -- Wednesday, 21 April 1999, at 8:03 p.m.

Which paddles??
Brian T. Cunningham -- Thursday, 22 April 1999, at 10:50 a.m.

Greenland!
Robert Woodard -- Thursday, 22 April 1999, at 7:17 p.m.

Re: Greenland!
The Big Legume -- Friday, 23 April 1999, at 7:53 a.m.

Re: Greenland!
Pete Rudie -- Friday, 23 April 1999, at 1:20 p.m.

Greenland--Laminating and 'Glass
Shawn Baker -- Wednesday, 28 April 1999, at 10:45 a.m.

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