Do you have a tablesaw? You could rotate the shaft against the miter gauge with the blade just slightly raised. You can also move side to side, removing stock, as long as you raise the blade in very small increments. Same concept would also work on a router table with any end cutting bit. Just set up a fence and a stop block.

Ian

: How does one make a tenon to use a ferrule for a paddle?
: Irrespective of why one would need a 2-piece paddle - I read
: lots of places how nobody needs a 2=piece :-) I don't have a
: lathe with a large enough spindle to pass a shaft blank through,
: or enough capacity to turn a half-shaft

: Rich