> Anybody have a good way to round off a paddle shaft? The best I've come up
> with is a pair of praces to hold it up and let it rotate so you can clamp
> it in any position, and then plane and sand. I hand sand with a broken
> belt wrapped around the shaft. Aside from a big lathe, any better ideas?

I used a jointer with the fence set at 45 degrees to make an octagon, then a block plane and random orbital sander to finish up. It doesn't take long at all. About an afternoon.

Mike