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Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 11/3/2003, 12:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"? (William F. Cruz)

: The Greenland style paddle will eat up less
: strips if I use it in conjunction with a halved closet pole with a spacer
: piece in it...the spacer piece then becomes the base for the blades....of
: course, I say this before I have a chance to research the
: "correct" methods, as outlined in the reading list in that link.

The easier and lighter way of making a GP is to start with a cedar 2x4. You want one with vertical grain (the end grain looks like this: |||||||||||||||||| ) that runs from end to end with a minimum of runout. If you can't find good 2x4's, you can take a 4x4 and resaw it to get two paddle blanks.

: Lot's of fun to you sir,

You too, Bill.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
Robert Owens -- 10/29/2003, 6:53 am
Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/29/2003, 2:02 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 11:12 am
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/30/2003, 1:13 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Paul Jacob -- 10/31/2003, 1:47 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2003, 2:47 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 3:21 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 10/31/2003, 12:33 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 11/1/2003, 12:41 am
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
Brian Nystrom -- 11/3/2003, 12:28 pm
Re: From deck rigging to Paddle carving
William F. Cruz -- 11/3/2003, 8:57 pm
Re: Deck Rigging?? What's a "slider"?
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 2:22 pm
Another storage idea... *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 10/30/2003, 11:40 am
Re: Another storage idea...
William F. Cruz -- 10/30/2003, 2:19 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
Robert N Pruden -- 10/31/2003, 11:24 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
Glen Smith -- 11/1/2003, 10:12 am
Re: Another storage idea...
Robert N Pruden -- 11/1/2003, 8:37 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
William F. Cruz -- 11/1/2003, 12:21 am
Re: Another storage idea...
Rob P. -- 10/30/2003, 1:39 pm
Re: Another storage idea...
Robert N Pruden -- 10/31/2003, 11:22 pm
Where you can get it.
Randy Knauff -- 10/29/2003, 12:04 pm
Re: Where you can get it.
Don Beale -- 10/30/2003, 12:48 am
Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
Jay Babina -- 10/29/2003, 8:13 am
Re: Paddle: spare in bow or stern?
John Caldeira -- 10/29/2003, 7:54 am