: I am a high school Wood Shop/Engineering teacher and as a Design
: & Build project I think I am going to have kids build
: paddles. Ultimately, they will design them with CAD software and
: may even cut the paddle blades on a CNC Router (maybe). I was
: wondering if people had and good designs which are fairly simple
: (this is not our traditional wood shop class). I would like to
: have a few possible designs for them to work from, I was
: thinking kayak paddles, canoe paddles, stand-up paddle
: boards.... I plan to make a paddle in the next month or so, so
: that I can have more experience before they start their's. Any
: advice or design info you have would be excellent. Thanks.

Also try Brian Nystrom's "Greenland Paddle's step by step", used it to build mine, very simple turned out great Nick R.