Traditional American Paddle

White Oak

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Rich Schmaltz Published on 01/12/2017, viewed by 2841 , 2 Comments

First attempt at making a paddle was mainly an exercise in working wood like this with hand tools. I used scrap white oak I had on hand and glued pieces together. Used spar urethane to finish

What you will need

5' white oak, 1" thick

Polyurethane

How to do this project

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Cut out shape with bandsaw or jigsaw and shape with hand shaping tools like planes and spokeshave spi

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Rafael Sanches
01/14/2017 ☰
Looks great!
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เรึองเรัง สันติสุกกุน
01/18/2017 ☰
It's often the tongue
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