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Make an Eskimo Style Kayak Paddle from 2x4 Scrap Wood in 1.5 hours

Step 6Electric Planer

Electric Planer
Clamp the paddle securely.
Plane down the blades with an electric planer. Plane them flat and taper them down to 1/2" thick at the tips.
Then plane the blades down to a 1/8" edge all around the edge.
Flex the paddle and heft it. Keep shaving it down until it's light but not too flexible.
Trust your intuition about this.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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