Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Paperback / softback
by Graham Warren, David Gidmark
Paperback / softback
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Despite the growing interest in making paddles and canoes, it is difficult to find reliable information for that craft.
For the how-to beginner, a paddle represents the perfect challenge, both finite and functional.
For the skilled woodworker, the opportunity to experiment with design and technique to create a tailor-made product that perfectly suits a paddler's needs is a dream come true.
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: How to make a paddle having a single blade, a bent shaft, or double blades; How to protect a paddle with oil or varnish; What to look for when test-driving a paddle; How to decorate a paddle; How to care for and repair a paddle.The book also covers: Paddle design - grips, shaft, blade, flexibility, weight, balance; Paddle woods and adhesives; Hand tools, power tools and homemade tools, carving and finishing tools; Making the paddle - size, design, mark out, cut and carve; Paddle plans, including Beavertail, Voyageur, Algonquin, Whitewater, Bent-shaft, Double-blade, Child's; Templates for grips, tips and blades; Materials sources. The authors include an appreciation of the evolution of the paddle plus a special chapter by renowned canoe-building teacher David Gidmark, which celebrates paddle-making in the native American tradition.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, 132 b&w photographs, 69 b&w plans and drawings, glossary
- Publisher:Firefly Books Ltd
- Publication Date:01/05/2015
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- ISBN:9781552095256
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, 132 b&w photographs, 69 b&w plans and drawings, glossary
- Publisher:Firefly Books Ltd
- Publication Date:01/05/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781552095256