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Re: Paddle: Ferrul's
By:Don Lucas
Date: 2/16/2003, 11:07 am
In Response To: Paddle: Ferrul's (Dave McKinney)

: I am buuilding my first paddle and instead of feathering the paddles I bought
: a stainless steel ferrul. How is it attached to the paddle handles? There
: were no holes for drilling and using a screw and the wood commercial
: paddles I looked at seemed to have the ferruls pressed on. How do I do
: this at home and how do I seal the wood in the ferrul. Any help would be
: greatly appreciated..
: Dave
I belive West Expoxy manual has a step by step discription. I think you want to rough up the metal and remove all oxidation.
Don

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: Ferrul's
Dave McKinney -- 2/15/2003, 11:21 am
Re: Paddle: Ferrul's
Don Lucas -- 2/16/2003, 11:07 am
Re: Paddle: Ferrul's
Ken Sutherland -- 2/16/2003, 12:45 pm
Re: Paddle: Ferrul's
steven hartmann -- 2/15/2003, 2:08 pm
question about epoxying the ferrules
Frank Eberdt -- 2/16/2003, 8:08 am
Re: question about epoxying the ferrules
steven hartmann -- 2/16/2003, 8:53 pm
Re: question about epoxying the ferrules
Don Flowers -- 2/16/2003, 10:22 am