http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/ Traditional Wooden Boatbuilding and Restoration en Serendipity 0.8.2 - http://www.s9y.org/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:46:51 GMT http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/templates/default/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/ 100 21 http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/archives/91-New-venture-Paddles.html Paddles http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/archives/91-New-venture-Paddles.html#comments http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/wfwcomment.php?cid=91 0 http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=91 holly@roeboatworks.com (Holly Roe) Since restoration often has &quot;down time&quot; involved, waiting for epoxy to set/ paint to dry it was decided that a smaller project might prevent that time from being wasted. A book I got as a Christmas gift inspired me to try some Adirandack paddles. The photos are of my first effort in cherry.<img height="180" hspace="5" src="http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/uploads/Paddles/Paddles001.serendipityThumb.JPG" width="112" border="0" /><img height="180" hspace="5" src="http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/uploads/Paddles/Paddles005.serendipityThumb.JPG" width="101" align="right" border="0" />The grain in this wood is beautiful with just a few coats of oil. It is light and the cherry has some pretty flame graining not apparent in the pictures. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:36:37 -0700 http://roeboatworks.com/serendipity/archives/91-guid.html