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Re: Paddle: Carbon Fiber Greenland Paddle-19 oz.
By:David Reekie
Date: 6/28/2008, 6:41 pm

Duane,

nice work, as always.

Just a thought, and it's mostly a cosmetic thing I know, but have you thought about thinning down the plug 1/8" or whatever all round for the last 3" at the loom end, so that when you wrap with the reinforcing cloth at the centre joint you end up with a constant diameter smooth finish rather than a fatter centre? Could taper the transition to avoid a stress concentration if required, and use a slightly tapered joining piece.

Since you were wondering how the commercial ones are made, I guess if you wanted the ultimate finish with a single piece of carbon along the entire blade you could build it like that to get a smooth finish, but with one less layer of carbon that usual, and laminate / vacuum bag a single full length layer of carbon along the whole paddle at the end...

dave.

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Paddle: Carbon Fiber Greenland Paddle-19 oz. *LINK* *Pic*
Duane Strosaker -- 6/26/2008, 12:18 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/1/2008, 3:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2008, 1:57 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/2/2008, 5:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2008, 1:15 am
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Pawistik -- 7/2/2008, 1:57 pm
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David Reekie -- 6/28/2008, 6:41 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 6/28/2008, 8:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/29/2008, 1:14 am
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David Reekie -- 6/29/2008, 6:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/30/2008, 2:04 am
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Sean -- 6/26/2008, 11:27 pm
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Duane Strosaker -- 6/27/2008, 8:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/26/2008, 12:40 am
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Roy Morford -- 6/26/2008, 10:15 am