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Hollow Tube Query
By:mike allen
Date: 11/9/1999, 5:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Light paddles (Shawn Baker)

> Hi Stan, Definitely do-able. Try making a hollow shaft and then covering
> it with maybe a 2 oz. layer of woven glass.

> Blades could be epoxy/composite fiber or very light wood, cut very thin,
> covered with thin glass.

> Look at my paddle building page: the paddles there aren't necessarily
> ultra-light, but you might get some ideas to start with.

> Right now, I'm making a new form for solid composite blades, so I could
> make them as light or heavy as I want, based on how many layers of glass
> or carbon I put on them.

> Shawn

Hey Shawn

Any bright ideas on how to shop make hollow carbon shafts to get really light paddles? And how to mate to a paddle end - (insert in shaft?)

Like saran wrap some rubber garden hose, tie a weight on one end and lay up. Then tie other end to car bumper stretch tight and slide off tube.

What else could you do? Would you put expanding foam inside for a core separator?

-mike

Messages In This Thread

Light paddles
Stan Woronko -- 11/9/1999, 1:49 pm
Re: Light paddles
Hank -- 11/9/1999, 11:07 pm
Re: Light paddles
Jeff DeJongh -- 11/10/1999, 6:42 pm
Re: Light paddles
Chris Luneski -- 11/9/1999, 8:36 pm
Re: Light paddles
Monte Rhodes -- 11/9/1999, 5:43 pm
Re: Light paddles
Don Beale -- 11/9/1999, 4:14 pm
Re: Light paddles
Shawn Baker -- 11/9/1999, 4:04 pm
Hollow Tube Query
mike allen -- 11/9/1999, 5:33 pm
Captain, we have a core meltdown in the drive
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/10/1999, 5:05 am
Re: Captain, we have a core meltdown in the drive
Rehd -- 11/10/1999, 6:07 pm
Help Scotty!- the warp tubes are warping!
mike allen -- 11/10/1999, 12:59 pm
Hollow crank shaft thoughts
Ed Valley -- 11/10/1999, 3:28 pm
Was that your troop in Boy's Life?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/11/1999, 6:01 am
some more Hollow crank shaft thoughts
mike allen -- 11/10/1999, 4:24 pm
crank crank crank
Ed Valley -- 11/11/1999, 3:30 pm
Re: Hollow Tube Query
Preston Seu -- 11/10/1999, 12:51 am
Re: See WoodenBoat
Don Beale -- 11/9/1999, 6:27 pm
Re: WoodenBoat, Aug. '99
Mike Hanks -- 11/9/1999, 10:26 pm
Re: Hollow Tube Query
Dean Trexel -- 11/9/1999, 5:46 pm
Re: Hollow Tube Query
mike allen -- 11/9/1999, 5:57 pm
Re: Hollow Tube Query
Randy Knauff -- 11/10/1999, 1:18 am
Pls tell us more!
mike allen -- 11/10/1999, 2:06 pm
Re: Pls tell us more!
Randy Knauff -- 11/11/1999, 5:14 pm
Re: Hollow Tube Query
Gary Toffelmire -- 11/10/1999, 12:13 am
A Light Bulb Went On ...(hehehe)
mike allen -- 11/9/1999, 6:16 pm
a bit dimmer
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/10/1999, 3:43 am
Re: No Merry Xmas Paddle :(
Rehd -- 11/9/1999, 11:54 pm
Re: No Merry Xmas Paddle :(
mike allen -- 11/10/1999, 2:00 pm
Re: No Merry Xmas Paddle :(
Rehd -- 11/10/1999, 5:40 pm
Re: A Light Bulb Went On ...(hehehe)
Dale Frolander -- 11/9/1999, 10:08 pm