<I'm making a storm to have accessible for rolling and back-up. All lit I've seen says to use 2x4. I'm thinking 1x4 to keep it light and easy to stow. I'll keep the loom ovoid and fairly thick for strength. Good reasons not to?> You want to keep the loom oval shaped, but I think it's the other oval that you really want --- front to back, not side to side. Lemme try that again: my loom, on an anthropometric basis, is about one inch wide --- looking down at the paddle as it lies on a bench --- and about one and a quarter to a little over that in depth. That seems to give a good hold for a sliding stroke for my smaller than average hand. A three quarter inch thich one-by-four wouldn't set up properly for any adult hand, and might not have the strength you need. And if you have a large hand and are appropriately proportioned from there, a two-by-four, giving you a max blade width of three and a half inches, might also be too small. There's not a lot of blade way out there, and you don't want it too small in area. With my size (6'1", 180 pounds) but my small hand (medium glove), I can get away with a two-by-four for any Greenland paddle, but it's marginal. Sometimes I use a two-by-six. The blade will "fly" as much as any Greenland paddle does, and it's great for rolling and as a backup. I use red (if I can find it) or white cedar for paddles 'cause it's light and easy to carve. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 24 2000 - 15:41:55 PDT
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