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Long Wooden Stirring Paddle from a Beech Board
A broad wooden blade on a long round handle, for stirring vats of dye, soap, mash or porridge. Saw the outline from a straight-grained beech board, thin the blade, round the handle and smooth it.
The picture: a home-made mash paddle in birch, its blade drilled with holes.
Beginner
Half a day
Instructions
1
1
Mark out
Mark out
Choose a straight-grained board about 2.5 cm thick. Mark a paddle as long as your vat is deep plus about 35 cm, with a blade about 10 cm wide and a handle about 4 cm wide.
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber1 pieceTools needed:
Ruler2
2
Saw the outline
Saw the outline
Rip the handle cheeks with the hand saw and cut the curves where blade meets handle with the coping saw.
Tools needed:
Hand Saw
Coping Saw
Bench Vise3
3
Thin the blade
Thin the blade
On the shaving horse, take the blade down with the drawknife from the middle toward the edges, to about 1.2 cm at the edges.
Tools needed:
Shaving Horse
Drawknife4
4
Round the handle
Round the handle
Take the corners off the handle with the drawknife, then round and smooth it with the spokeshave so it turns in the hand.
Tools needed:
Shaving HorseDrawknife
Spokeshave5
5
Holes and finish
Holes and finish
Drill a few holes through the blade if you like, as in the picture. Rasp the edges round and sand everything smooth. Leave the wood bare.
Tools needed:
Hand Drill
Wood Rasp
Sandpaper6
6
Length for the vat
Length for the vat
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Materials
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