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Re: Paddle: Carbon fiber blade: need advice *PIC*
By:Bryan Hansel
Date: 4/22/2011, 11:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: Carbon fiber blade: need advice (Alex Ferguson)

: Bryan, that pic looks like a very nice wooden paddle, wooden dowel
: shaft and ply blades.... :-)

Actually, twisted laminated shaft built in a custom jig, and fiberglass and carbon fiber blades. Here's the info about how I did it: http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/a-paddle-with-a-twist-making-a-feathered-kayak-paddle/

I use a different jig now and need to write up the new process, but since I got both an Epic carbon fiber paddle and a Werner carbon fiber paddle, I'm not motivated to build another wooden paddle. I was thinking about using the same process to build a fully wooden paddle for the flex -- my left shoulder is pretty much shot.

I'm attaching another picture of the shaft blank before finishing it.

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Paddle: Carbon fiber blade: need advice *PIC*
Dale Benham -- 4/21/2011, 5:55 pm
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Allan -- 4/21/2011, 6:41 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 4/21/2011, 6:50 pm
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Reg Lake -- 4/21/2011, 9:09 pm
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Dale Benham -- 4/21/2011, 9:45 pm
Re: Paddle: Carbon fiber blade: need advice *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 4/22/2011, 7:23 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/22/2011, 7:48 pm
Re: Paddle: Carbon fiber blade: need advice *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 4/22/2011, 11:51 pm
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Glen Smith -- 4/23/2011, 12:01 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/23/2011, 12:12 am
Ouch!!! *NM*
Glen Smith -- 4/23/2011, 12:49 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/23/2011, 6:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2011, 7:59 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/23/2011, 4:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2011, 12:36 am
Re: Paddle: Carbon fiber blade: need advice *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 4/23/2011, 9:35 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/23/2011, 6:41 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/23/2011, 8:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2011, 7:53 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/23/2011, 9:37 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/23/2011, 12:21 pm
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matt -- 5/14/2011, 6:54 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/14/2011, 9:38 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/3/2011, 6:58 am
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Dale Benham -- 5/3/2011, 6:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2011, 1:53 am