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Re: Material: Wood for paddles
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/8/2010, 3:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Wood for paddles (Brian Nystrom)

: 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

Good point, my first GP was carved from a nice spruce 2x4 that I think I got from Home Depot. You do have to sort thru the piles of "whitewood" (I just hate that term) to find the light ones which are spuce. It's maybe a few ounces heavier than a WRC one, but still works fine, would be better if I'd carved it correctly .

Bill H.

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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