Charles Herriot said in rather cutting fashion: If you look *very* carefully at the pictures of Doug's kayak, just past the place where he stores the *Humungous* squid hunting knife, you'll notice that he has installed a mitre saw and a duct-tape dispenser which is incredibly handy when he needs to quickly cut a paddle in half. <snip> See what I mean about ridicule, Gabriel, with respect to postings and picture pages :-) Actually, I've broken a number a paddles and shafts over the years, and by shortening some, and mixing new blades and new shafts, I always have a supply of paddles ready for the next adventure. But I never thought about field cutting and repairs. I wonder if DeWalt make a battery run Mitre saw. Speaking of weird stuff there Charlie you Hickory Horned Devil bug, a buddy of mine used to carry a machete in his cockpit, readily accessible while on the water. Talk about the potential to make instant sushi (sp?) out of any poor marine invertebrate that came along. Heck, he could even untangle himself from a sinking Brazilian oil platform, in one single swath. His machete came to an ignoble end during an ill-fated central coast trip, where we were chopping survival firewood, and it fell apart due to corrosion. He just missed one of his appendages. So...here you thought _I_ had a big knife trying to compensate for my small anatomy! Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Doug Lloyd writes: <snip> > Actually, I've broken a number a paddles and shafts over the years, and > by shortening some, and mixing new blades and new shafts, I always have > a supply of paddles ready for the next adventure. But I never thought > about field cutting and repairs. I wonder if DeWalt make a battery run > Mitre saw. > I couldn't find a DeWalt, would a Makita do? http://www.makita.com/product/tool.asp?MODEL=LS711DZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
To Doug, Hell, big knives are for wimps. Up here in the frozen tundra we all keep chainsaws mounted on the decks of our kayaks for quick escapes from Douglas Firs that crash onto the deck and twin Oerlikons on the rear hatch to shoot down marauding flocks of Spotted Owls. Quite often, we have enough time between the big rollers in Class IV rapids to saw enough wood for a log cabin. I made an interesting discovery yesterday as I stuffed the dehydrator with various foods to see what they would be like when re-constituted. Asparagus was reduced to scrawny little twigs and remarkably, when re-hydrated, they tasted just like scrawny little twigs. The parsnips didn't rehydrate to look like parsnips but at least they retained their original flavour. There was much scoffing in my household peanut gallery when I pre-cooked a load of barley and then dehydrated it. The resultant sheet of congealed barley had the look and strength of epoxy. The barley came back to life after very little boiling. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> I made an interesting discovery yesterday as I stuffed the dehydrator with > various foods to see what they would be like when re-constituted. Asparagus > was reduced to scrawny little twigs and remarkably, when re-hydrated, they > tasted just like scrawny little twigs. The parsnips didn't rehydrate to look > like parsnips but at least they retained their original flavour. There was > much scoffing in my household peanut gallery when I pre-cooked a load of > barley and then dehydrated it. The resultant sheet of congealed barley had > the look and strength of epoxy. The barley came back to life after very > little boiling. Did the spotted owls come out looking like Hostess Snoballs? KeS *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
David said: <snip> I couldn't find a DeWalt, would a Makita do? Uh, thanks for the link David. But between you and Charles, this is getting king of silly. What kind of mushrooms is Charles dehydrating and eating, anyway? I would like to say on a serious note to folks who break their paddles, that if the blades are still in good shape, it is relatively easy to make a new paddle up. I usually cut the shaft down to about 8 inches from the ferrule, until I can see where the paddle end (male end that glues into the shaft) is just visible. I then sneak up to this point, cutting carefully. After doing both ends, I then can slit the length of the remaining shaft (usually about 6 inches. I use a "V" grove chisel and a small, narrow kerf saw. You may need to do a bit od chiseling and breaking away from the glue joint, but eventually you will expose the paddle "tang". It helps if it is a different color. With a bit of filing and sanding, the two paddle blades are ready to insert into a new shaft, which are usually available from the paddle manufacturer (may take some connections). All is not lost when you break you paddle. If I break a shaft, I usually replace it with a stronger one. The antidote to paddle breakage is called finesse, but that is apparently an area I need to develop and work on :-) DL *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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