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Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
By:Handy
Date: 10/4/2003, 10:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4? (Erik)

: you know I wonder if we sometimes make this whole process too complicated.
: And take this from a guy who hasn't even started on my paddle yet. I'm
: about 95% done on my Greenland frame. Take a look at
: www.arcticphoto.co.uk Do a search for "unfeathered paddle" Look
: at the gentlemen in photo QQ0303-16 and QQ0303-24. I wonder what he would
: think about all our musings about centerlines and such. I suspect that
: with the benefit of great teachers, he just "does it". While
: you're on this excellent site, look around using "kayak". The
: pictures are just ammazing.

: Erik

If you look close at pic QQ0303-24, you will see working pencil lines on the loom and roots, I bet he had them for overall length as well. You can see they were measured carefully.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Matt -- 10/3/2003, 2:37 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Chip Sandresky -- 10/3/2003, 3:09 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Erik -- 10/3/2003, 4:56 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Handy -- 10/4/2003, 10:03 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Chip Sandresky -- 10/6/2003, 12:43 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Tom Davies -- 10/3/2003, 9:37 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Matt -- 10/3/2003, 5:30 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
c -- 10/3/2003, 7:01 pm
Centerlines
Brian Nystrom -- 10/3/2003, 3:59 pm
Re: Agreed
Chip Sandresky -- 10/3/2003, 4:06 pm
getting things straight (lines that is)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/8/2003, 5:56 pm
Re: Agreed
Brian Nystrom -- 10/6/2003, 12:33 pm
8'straightedge.
Don Beale -- 10/4/2003, 8:41 pm
Re: Agreed
Kurt Hoffman -- 10/3/2003, 4:30 pm
Re: Chalk Line
Chip Sandresky -- 10/3/2003, 4:59 pm
Re: Chalk Line
Brian Ervin -- 10/6/2003, 10:52 am
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4? *Pic*
c -- 10/3/2003, 2:51 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
c -- 10/3/2003, 2:54 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Peter -- 10/3/2003, 3:49 pm
COOL! *NM*
Danny Cox -- 10/3/2003, 5:58 pm
Re: ?Wtha idd oyu ays? 8) *NM*
Steve Frederick -- 10/3/2003, 4:53 pm