: That sounds about right.

: That's why you should cut outside your layout lines, so you can
: plane down to them, rather than past them.

: If you want the paddle to come out even, you need to keep it that
: way during the process. Otherwise, you may find errors stacking
: upon each other and creating a very uneven result.

: That said, GPs are pretty forgiving and it's more important to get
: the cross-section of the blade right than the overall shape.

I'll definately agree with that. With all the paddles carved in my classes, the variation is fairly amazing and they all seem to paddle almost exactly the same. Flexibility is the major difference I've seen and that can vary from one piece of wood to another.

Bill H.