Making A Laminated Canoe Paddle

Excellent stuff man love your paddles i recently just jumped into the world of making greenland paddles myself one complete was looking on google to find how to make a laminate paddle and found your site.

Making a laminated canoe paddle.

This is how to make a traditional solid wood paddle. Learn to make a traditional solid wood canoe paddle a tool that travelers in these parts have been making and using for hundreds of years. Shape your own otter or beavertail paddle in a one day paddle making workshop. In our two day workshop you make a laminated paddle composed of different woods.

It was a lot of fun and surprising less difficult than i had anticipated and i kept on making paddles until i had made one or more for each of my kids and one for a. If this is your first time making a paddle we suggest making a traditional solid wood paddle for your first time. Proper paddle you ll canoe more efficiently and become less tired making your time on the water safer and more enjoyable. I spent an hour or so sorting through most of my inventory and came up with.

You can also laminate multiple pieces together using the same technique shown below. Abduk october 27 2009 at 10 49 pm. Here s the step by step of how you ll make your canoe paddle. There s a special place on the shore of lake superior in grand marais minnesota that combines the loves of handmade crafts the outdoors and northern traditions.

Custom laminated canoe paddle. After my last paddle blank making frenzy back in april i ended up with a load of offcuts and scraps clogging the locker room floor. A little over four years ago i decided to try my hand at making canoe paddles. One of advantage of making your own paddle is that you can optimize it for your exact size and skill level.

Herman customized his paddle with a longer shaft and a wider grip than we would normally make. Since i started getting the stock dressed 4 sides at century mill nearly all these pieces had one side jointed and squared up and could therefore be re used to make laminated paddles. Choose one of our 5 single blade canoe paddles or make a double blade greenland kayak paddle. He decided to make a classic beavertal paddle because he needs a bigger blade with lots of catch.