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Sea Kayaks Techniques Bulletin Board
Re: paddle *Pic*
Posted By: Shawn Baker In Response To: paddle (Lucas Morley)
Date: Friday, 3 November 2000, at 6:26 p.m.
Two 10* wedges = 70* feather.
Two 15* wedges = 60* feather.The wedge is used to set the feather angle. If you have a tilt blade on your table saw, you can eliminate the wedge.
The taper forms a scarf joint. You want a scarf joint because it gives you a larger gluing surface, and makes a stronger shaft than a glued butt joint would.
I actually don't use the fence, but rather use the miter gauge, set to an 8:1 slope from the blade. If your miter gauge won't allow you to do that, cut a strip of wood to slip into the miter gauge slot, and screw a block of wood at about a 15*-20* angle to the strip/slot. Hold your paddle shaft against the miter gauge, and run it through the tilted blade, cutting a scarfed, feathered joint.
8:1 is roughly 10 degrees. It doesn't matter what your scarf angle is as long as its the same on both ends of the paddle.
Shawn
: I own the book "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak" and I am in the process
: of building The Great Auk and I would like to make a paddle with it. In
: the book it shows setting up some jigs. I understand the octagoning tool
: but I have a question on the shaft scarf jig. I understand the 10 degree
: wedge and how it works except for the positioning of it and I am confused
: on the 8 to 1 inch taper and the angle that the fence is set up on. If I
: could just maybe get a diagram or the angle for the fence I would
: appreciate it very much.: Thank you,
: Lucas Morley
: Roscommon, MI
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