Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own This book combines practical woodworking technique with practical canoe use experience... [It] covers every single aspect of canoe paddle building. Despite the growing interest in making paddles and canoes, it can be difficult to find reliable information on that craft -- except for this book. First published more than a decade ago and having sold 35,000 copies, Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own is the ultimate modern guide to the traditional craft for both the how-to beginner and the skilled woodworker. In Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own, longtime canoeist and woodworker Graham Warren provides detailed information and guidance to make a canoe paddle that will be used with confidence and cherished for generations. The book is thoroughly illustrated with photographs, line drawings and plans with measurements for:
The authors include an appreciation of the evolution of the paddle plus a special chapter by renowned canoe-buuilding teacher David Gidmark which celebrates paddle-making in the native tradition. |
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... 8 - siding guidelines on the shaft 7 10 7 piece of square - planed softwood ( it is less likely to warp than hard- wood ) , 6 to 7 feet long , that has an absolutely flat surface . To this , screw four 3 / 8 - inch plywood side pieces ...
... 8 - siding the shaft Mark this distance from each side to give the 8 - siding reference lines The keys to paddlemaking < Understand how to exploit the. lower grip region to round just below the grip . To mark out this taper , set a pair ...
... 8 - siding guidelines Centerline Edge bevel 8 - siding guidelines 8 - siding lines meet the throat guidelines method too . However , in order to round the shaft , the corners again have to be taken off to reach the 16 - sided stage . It ...
Contents
Make your own paddles | 6 |
Diversity Evolution of the canoe paddle | 8 |
Prehistoric paddles | 9 |
Copyright | |
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