sjmoore69
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Hey all,
I'm carving some paddles out of a single piece of (Ash?). It is clear wood with no defects. I'm wondering if it would be better to laminate some wood together for strength or carve the paddles a little thicker?
I'm sorry to say that I won't be carving them by hand (Please don't hate me), but using my CNC router instead. I'll be testing a picture carve at about .065" depth and plan on staining the relief. If it works I'm going to put some family pics on the paddles.
Here are some pics of my design and test carve of the backs.
Steve
![paddle carve 2.jpg paddle carve 2.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/22/22289-999abe6cd80ec91bd34007664629e23e.jpg?hash=mZq-bNgOyR)
![DSCF1862a.jpg DSCF1862a.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/22/22290-67bc7c86c69dbdd1a16972d96cf66abf.jpg?hash=Z7x8hsadvd)
![DSCF1864a.jpg DSCF1864a.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/22/22291-4ed1c8b5b4c727f484db192b6fa509ee.jpg?hash=TtHItbTHJ_)
I'm carving some paddles out of a single piece of (Ash?). It is clear wood with no defects. I'm wondering if it would be better to laminate some wood together for strength or carve the paddles a little thicker?
I'm sorry to say that I won't be carving them by hand (Please don't hate me), but using my CNC router instead. I'll be testing a picture carve at about .065" depth and plan on staining the relief. If it works I'm going to put some family pics on the paddles.
Here are some pics of my design and test carve of the backs.
Steve
![paddle carve 2.jpg paddle carve 2.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/22/22289-999abe6cd80ec91bd34007664629e23e.jpg?hash=mZq-bNgOyR)
![DSCF1862a.jpg DSCF1862a.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/22/22290-67bc7c86c69dbdd1a16972d96cf66abf.jpg?hash=Z7x8hsadvd)
![DSCF1864a.jpg DSCF1864a.jpg](https://forums.wcha.org/data/attachments/22/22291-4ed1c8b5b4c727f484db192b6fa509ee.jpg?hash=TtHItbTHJ_)