I am building a Kaholo board and want to keep it all together with a wooden paddle
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Kiwi all
CMC gave it a go, but the paddle ended up with a little too much flex... Shaft looked skinny to me... ??
However, I would suggest a Western Red Cedar Shaft. Start with a 2000x50x50 piece, and hone that down to a slightly squared oval of about 30x40 (30 x 42 would be even stronger).
The carbon Kialoa Oval Shaft is about 26x32.
Ultimately, this WRC shaft would weigh about;
3.142 x 0.018 x 0.018 x 1.8m x 350 = 0.64kg. (or 640 grams, and up to 670 grams if left slightly more squared)
Average Dia = 0.18
Useful Shaft Length - roughly 1.80m
Density of WRC = 350kg/m3
The T-Bar would be 20 grams, and the blade should come in at 95 square inches about 600 square centimeters, with an average blade thickness of roughly 7mm;
0.06m2 x 0.007 x 350 = 147 or 150 grams.
So total weight = roughly 650+150+20 + 80 grams of lacquer, resin, and glass = 900 grams.
Those shaft dimensions should be strong enough. 800-1000 grams is quite OK for a home made paddle, first effort. However, Elite Level Full Carbon Paddles weigh about 420 grams... Just as a reference point.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/Broken-paddle-x2/
Good vid and contact.
I would cheat and wrap timber veneer around a hollow carbon shaft ,
1) easy
2) stiff
3) light
4) Timber
edited to add a lovely danish kayak paddle from the 70s (hollowed timber shaft and timber blades but still SO heavy and flexibl
e/weak too)
My wood Kialoa Methane has a carbon shaft.
It's the wood shafts that I don't trust.. or they just feel too thick.
DJ
my wifes paddle was made from a $5 timber outrigger paddle from Cash converters , I shaved it down substantially and cut out the shorter shaft leaving only a stub which is glued inside the 1.43m carbon shaft (which is round and tapered)
Also discussed here;
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/Wood-SUP-paddles/
Give Sam at Wind Surf n Snow a ring. He has a customer that makes great wooden paddles. In fact the guy has posted them on Sea Breeze previously.
Here's the link to the paddle I built a while back.
Incredibly light but too much flex for me. I know what I'd do different next time but unfortunately you'd lose some of the wood look unless you add more weight.
My wife used and loved it, while I was overseas she leant the wrong paddle to a mate of ours who is a beginner at 100kgs fit. He snapped it paddling for the 2nd wave.....
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/The-Backyard-HP-Wooden-Paddle-Experiment/
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/The-Backyard-HP-wooden-paddle-experiment-Cont/
I make timber paddles, if you would like to know more then have a look at my website
www.longshaftpaddles.com
I can custom make to any length that you want they are also quite reasonably priced too.
