Oar building GettingStarted No 2

[vincent]

Hello
In getting Started No 2 they describe how to do the Oars.
what i am not sure are the build from one piece of wood or it is glued together?

have a nice day
vincent

[Thorne]

Vincent, most of the time to get the correct dimensions for the oar blade it is cheaper and easier to glue the side-pieces of the blade to the oar shaft.

If you can get the wood plank thick and wide enough, you can just plane and trim the wood to shape -- that's what I did with this 2" x 9" x 8.5' spruce plank -

http://www.luckhardt.com/oarplank2.jpg

http://www.luckhardt.com/oarplank4.jpg

http://www.luckhardt.com/oarplank5.jpg

http://www.luckhardt.com/oarplank7.jpg

Bob Smalser has a great web article on building oars by the glue-up process -

http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarticle.pl?dir=smalser&file=articles_425.shtml

[neilm]

Making oars can be more fun than building boats. Yes, they are time consuming but well worth it. My favorite tools are a power planer and spokeshaves. You can use a draw knife instead of a power planer if you wish. I like to add Black Walnut to the tips so they don't get damaged from rocks as easily. Also spooned oars perform better. I leathered my last oars and finished with a turks head but I have yet to really try them out.

http://neilmoomey.com/boats/skerry/oars2/IMG_1959_leather.JPG

http://neilmoomey.com/boats/skerry/oars2/IMG_1967_paddle.JPG

http://neilmoomey.com/boats/skerry/oars2/IMG_1904_varnish.JPG

Neil

[vincent]

@neilm
thanks for your information and picture - they looks realy nice!
have a nice day
vincent

[davebrown]

neil--how do you add the black wlanut to the tips? are these simply glue ons, or do you mortise and tenon on? it looks like a scarf would be weak...

[vincent]

Hello
is there a Trick or Idea how to gut the wood without bandsaw?
thanks for feedback
vincent
http://www.weltmeer.ch/images/stories/bootsbau/09_05/vhW200_DSC04933.JPG

[Thorne]

You should be able to get by with a jigsaw to cut the outline and a power planer to thin the blade section. Otherwise there are the old-fashioned methods of planes/spokeshaves or handsaws.

[vincent]

@torne
thanks - my jigsaw is just not cuting large parts

vincent

[Thorne]

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