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Re: Paddle: carbon paddle layup
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 8/17/2015, 12:47 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: carbon paddle layup (Bill Hamm)

The shaft on a conventional paddle (or even a Greenland paddle) doesn't necessarily have to be hollow. It's done that way in production because it's quicker not necessarily better. If it were say foam filled it couldn't get water in it which it most certainly can do if it's hollow. So, find a suitable foam or light weight wood, make a shaft blank from it and glass it, then it's sandwich construction and stiffer than it would be if it were hollow so you don't need as much glass.

Bill H.


That's how Ron Steinwall used to make the Novorca paddles.
Interesting video by Christopher Crowhurst at:

https://vimeo.com/65664650

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Mike Hanks -- 8/7/2015, 10:53 pm
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John Messinger -- 8/16/2015, 11:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2015, 1:51 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 8/17/2015, 12:47 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/17/2015, 4:03 pm
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John Messinger -- 8/17/2015, 6:31 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 8/18/2015, 11:06 am
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Shawn Jones -- 3/18/2016, 7:18 pm
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Tom Cooper -- 3/18/2016, 8:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 3/18/2016, 9:09 pm
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Chad -- 3/18/2016, 9:49 pm
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Shawn Jones -- 3/20/2016, 2:06 am
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Chad -- 3/21/2016, 11:54 am
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Dennis Nybo -- 3/21/2016, 9:07 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/19/2016, 8:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2016, 9:28 am
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Chad -- 3/19/2016, 9:28 am
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Roy Martin -- 3/19/2016, 9:54 am
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Roy Martin -- 3/19/2016, 10:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/20/2016, 12:28 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/19/2016, 10:40 am
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Etienne muller -- 3/19/2016, 12:11 pm
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Roy Martin -- 3/19/2016, 12:27 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/19/2016, 2:04 pm
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Roy Martin -- 3/19/2016, 2:28 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/19/2016, 10:39 pm