Making A Laminated Canoe Paddle

Custom laminated canoe paddle.

Making a laminated canoe paddle.

Shape your own otter or beavertail paddle in a one day paddle making workshop. Participants will leave with a shaped paddle finishing to be completed at home. 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. A little over four years ago i decided to try my hand at making canoe paddles.

Making your own laminated wooden canoe paddle proved to be very rewarding for herman. I spent an hour or so sorting through most of my inventory and came up with. He decided to make a classic beavertal paddle because he needs a bigger blade with lots of catch. Determining the paddle length standing height is not an accurate way to size a 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. This is how to make a traditional solid wood paddle. Proper paddle you ll canoe more efficiently and become less tired making your time on the water safer and more enjoyable. Choose one of our 5 single blade canoe paddles or make a double blade greenland kayak 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. Here s the step by step of how you ll make your canoe paddle. You can also laminate multiple pieces together using the same technique shown below. 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.

Abduk october 27 2009 at 10 49 pm. In our two day workshop you make a laminated paddle composed of different woods. 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. Herman customized his paddle with a longer shaft and a wider grip than we would normally make.