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Re: Material: Wood for paddles
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 9/8/2010, 2:29 pm
In Response To: Material: Wood for paddles (Stephen Troy)

While you should certainly check out the local 2x stock, your best bet is to look for 4x4s. They're typically cut from larger trees and have straighter grain. Your chances of the grain running in the proper direction are double that of a 2x board and you can resaw a suitable 4x4 into two paddle blanks. If you have big hands or just like a thick paddle, another advantage of resawn 4x4 blanks is that they're typically 1/8" or so thicker than most 2x4s, which rarely seem to be 1.5" thick these days

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Material: Wood for paddles
Stephen Troy -- 9/8/2010, 11:06 am
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Mike Savage -- 9/9/2010, 8:28 am
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John lasky -- 9/9/2010, 9:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2010, 2:02 am
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Donovan -- 9/8/2010, 11:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2010, 3:03 am
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Donovan -- 9/10/2010, 8:08 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2010, 9:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2010, 8:58 am
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timt -- 9/8/2010, 3:30 pm
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Dan Mouw -- 9/8/2010, 7:41 pm
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Donovan -- 9/8/2010, 11:44 pm
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Dan Mouw -- 9/10/2010, 6:58 am
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Donovan -- 9/10/2010, 8:00 am
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Fred -- 9/10/2010, 8:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 3:42 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/8/2010, 2:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 3:39 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/8/2010, 4:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2010, 3:01 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/9/2010, 12:57 pm
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Shark Bait -- 9/8/2010, 6:28 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/9/2010, 12:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2010, 1:51 am
Keep looking
Kudzu -- 9/8/2010, 2:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 3:37 pm
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Fred -- 9/8/2010, 1:04 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 9/9/2010, 2:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2010, 1:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2010, 1:48 am
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fred g -- 9/9/2010, 6:10 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/8/2010, 12:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 12:10 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2010, 11:46 am