Making a Wood Kayak Paddle

In this video I demonstrate the whole process of making a kayak paddle from wood. Starting from cutting the wood through getting out on the water.
Plans for building a similar paddle are available at: www.guillemot-kayaks.com/cata...

[@actionjackson9121]

my mind is blown sir...never seen such craftsmanship in my life

[@user-ut3gm1vu9b]

I meant the years of boatbuilding experience, everything is good: your movies are useful, building plans covers everything people need to know canoes and kayaks.Thank You for what You do!

[@Il-Siciliano]

Wow. Another incredible video. I made the transition, years ago, from wooden 'Bent Branches' paddles to the Werner Ikelos carbon fiber. Now, you have me rethinking this! 😎

[@BAK87]

She's a beauty. Well crafted!

[@user-zx5kw9bd1c]

Good afternoon, Nick. Good to see you again. :-)

[@NickSchade]

Thanks. I've got more coming. Hopefully this is just the start.

[@lunaticrider209]

Thanks for the great video! I use to do big whitewater kayak until I became disabled and now no longer can. But I do enjoy tinkering in the shop so I’ll have to give this a go! I’m more of a hands on and visual type of person. Again for showing what all needs to be done thanks!

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

Superb hand-eye coordination using that grinder! A beautiful sculpture.

[@DGYSAM]

Id love a modern shaped wooden whitewater kayak paddle. They just feel SO nice.

[@jwrappuhn71]

Excellent work Nick, looked very nice.

[@lunkydog]

Nice curved sawing jig. I had seen the smaller one that Pask Makes used to make octagonal chisel/knife/tool handles and thought it was genius. Yours is also brilliant.

[@attilabori4734]

There are quite a few articles on bandsaw jigs in FWW magazine... Brian Boggs' article came out recently (2022 I think), and Michael Fortune's jigs/approaches are brill too on the subject.

[@ericmesser1]

Wow……..inspirational work……..love it, thanks🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@douglasreeve3591]

Thanks for another great video, Nick.

[@adamcrook7603]

Amazing, a pleasure to watch you work sir!

[@atchjs]

I was especially interested in how you put the scarf joint together. I bought a set of your plans 22 years ago and built a beautiful kayak with a paddle in the "feather" style you showed in the book that came with the plans. I still remember putting that scarf joint together.

[@garychristensen4115]

Gorgeous work!

[@indifooh8189]

really cool. Great Job. yes.

[@PaddleDogC5]

Thanks 👍

[@KirillBrzezitski]

Great work, thanks for good solutions and tips. Best wishes from Russia)

[@adrianparr7945]

Excelente!!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!!!

[@joeycmore]

Tre`s bien! Awesome. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@rapidsplash9339]

Many thanks very beneficial. Will certainly share video content with my friends.

[@j.p.francofranco2866]

Hi Nick , he returned .

[@kendallrussell5195]

Two dislikes from envy or inability? I like a bit of dihedral on my power face of my blade=less flutter when pulling hard on the paddle or side sculling. Amazing workmanship, kudos! Is the rope dynel or poly? Reminds me of Silver Creek white water paddles ( now defunct). Thanks for all your videos!!!!!!!!!

[@NickSchade]

The rope is nylon parachute cord. The most immediate inspiration for my paddles is Mitchell Paddles out of New Hampshire. I don't find these paddles flutter even at high power. The curvature of the blade places the center of effort behind the center axis of the shaft so it sculls very predictably.

[@kendallrussell5195]

@@NickSchade Good to know, used many Mitchell paddles racing slalom back in the day. thanks

[@GianniBarberino]

very nice🇮🇹

[@waqarghulam3548]

Strong durable and beautiful, what more can a person ask for?

[@user-ut3gm1vu9b]

Great Job!!! That's all I can say after the year s

[@peterflynn9123]

Hi Nick. I'm planning on making an Aleutian paddle, but going thin on the blades (for efficiency) and glass laminating with 4oz ecloth. What would you advise on the minimum thickness of timber to go for?

[@backwardog1]

And that is what you pay for. Is it 40 or 50 hours to build a paddle? It would probably take me 2 weeks. Amazing work.

[@woodslot]

Hello just wondering.... What is the final weight of such an paddle?

[@bohdanszymanik]

Also wondering. I've built one based on Nick's plans but I used slightly heavier weight fibreglass and a radiata pine shaft. It's just on 1.4kg but I think I can reduce this by 200g by using paulownia as a shaft laminate. I used 120g epoxy on the paddle faces and I guess approx same weight in fibreglass. I didn't weigh the wood blades but from memory the wrc and rimu I used ended up very light. So most weight must be in the shaft. I modelled the blade on my canoe polo paddle.

[@martinsjostrom5746]

What is the function of the cord on the edge of the blade, just durability?

[@PaddleDogC5]

Yes

[@DanConwayFairfaxVa]

why don't you glass the shaft of the paddle?

[@NickSchade]

I have, but it is tricky. I only do it if I think I need the strength. These will be plenty strong without the glass.

[@DanConwayFairfaxVa]

@@NickSchade understood. I'm making a paddle and am pretty sure I'll need to reinforce the shaft. I think the tough part will be getting the fiberglass to wrap correctly around, likely I'll find out in the next few days. Great vid.

[@elltielle]

Do you sell pedals like that? What do they go for? I am probably going to build one soon, I am getting on the home straight fknishing my sailing canoe. Do the plans you linked include instructions on how to build a pedal without to many machines?

[@alexbondarev8986]

Это же сколько дерева надо загубить, чтобы сделать по сути игрушку.

[@NickSchade]

If you are going to make a toy, you might as well make it nice

[@Dobriy99]

Это не игрушка. А качественное дорогостоящее весло для каякаинга!

[@sigogglin]

Be careful on that router table, made me nervous watching.