Carving a canoe paddle on the bandsaw

[electricdrjoe]

Well done.  I have made several paddles and did them all with a draw knife and jig saw. Perhaps I will try one with a band saw.

[anyonefindAMERICA1]

Your choice was mine as well. nice work.

[MrLeonard55]

Some people say it's over engineering. I think Matthias is a pretty smart guy. If you do things the easy and fast way then it's just no challenge to the mind. He makes the jigs to get the angels and bevels, It's a really smart idea. It challenges the mind and when ou see it in a finished project you get a lot of satisfaction out of using your brains. Plus you get a great project done. Keep up the good work. I really like your ideas on jigs, tools and machines.

Leonard

[MrLeonard55]

LOL, Good one about the nose.

[koppadasao]

I wonder..., are your motto "why do it easy when you can do it the hard way"?

I this case I think you should take a look at "How it's made" season 9, 1st episode, from Disovery Channel, where you find most of the method used by the manufacturer of the exact blade you copied.

[Matthiaswandel]

Saw that. And you know what? They don't actually show how the paddle is shaped. That's a secret.

[TheIpoodrock]

My neighbors built a machine that shoots potatoes

[tomek123kotek]

can you make a rocket-launchair for me as in a chair that shoots rockets?

[brandondghill]

Truly inspirational! Can't wait to make my own.

[thematicproject]

I challenge you sir, to make a wooden outboard motor.

[jonskowitz]

Not bad, only improvement I can think of is to glue up a blank out of strips of wood with the grain in alternating directions; this will limit the amount of warpage and twish the blade can get in it once it gets wet.

[Matthiaswandel]

True enough. With the grain in alternating directions, instead of warping, it will just split apart.

[jonskowitz]

@Matthiaswandel =P

You'll notice that's how the construction of the factory paddle is laid out. You'll also notice the strip along the bottom edge has the grain cross-wise to the rest of the paddle to prevent splitting along that edge.

[apatientspider]

@Matthiaswandel

I assumed he meant with the curvature of the annular rings - as viewed from the end - alternating concave, convex, concave, convex etc. Solid wood table tops are often done that way.

[wildwill1970]

Awesome job as always! I'm a big fan! :)

[Mauser712]

What a fascinating technique for producing the varying taper. I'm trying to think of what other interesting effects could be done with more variable profiles on the rails of the jig.

[adamyelland1981]

i really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work!

[rowanofrin1]

I am so confused about how that jig worked...I think I will have to review this after a long sleep!

[ignilc]

i love you mr wandel, i want to have your child

[girrrrrrr2]

Look Tim the Toolman Taylor is back... but this time he has actually learned how to use his tools!

[bawz999]

Do you think your paddles will last longer than the "bought" one?

[jasonlajoie]

Now you'll be just fine if you ever find yourself up shit creek!

[gonepishing]

nifty jig idea and design. a simple solution is a problem that isn't so simple

[joshcryer]

Copyright infringement! ;)

[hagonamatata]

Brilliant work man. This creativity is enough cheer for me, but you make awesome stuff. Keep it up.

[ElGatoLoco698]

You sir, are a carpentry master. 

[JorgeDX3]

How long did it take to do this?

[thenarfer]

I love it! I want to make one of these!

[ploetzlich30]

nice work. but to be honest, in this case i do prefer the fancy looking paddle - so the original!

[deezynar]

It's interesting to see how different people tackle a job. I wouldn't spend any time making jigs because I don't need lots of paddles but those jigs allow you to rough shape bunches of paddles really fast! You must need lots of them.

[HardcoreJeroen]

He + wood = magic.

[arneduym]

blowmanx got owned, altough his comment wasn't bad at all xD

[elmo2000ad]

once again matthiaswandel a great vidio keep em up

[Garciamrcool]

I love the stuff this guy creates but he is most bad tempered when responding.

Little bit gay.

[Klonkiller888]

i'm suprised that you hafe so much fun for having a bandsaw^^

[NathansBackwoods]

I saw them make one of those paddles on how its made.

[threeque]

Wonderful. How well do you think the spruce will hold up as far as twisting and warping. Is that construction grade spruce? If it is do you further dry it when you buy it?

[Morphis]

Spruce!!! Have you considered trying to create a 2 blade propeller or any other aeronautical woodcraft?

[blowmanx]

I'm surprised that you still have your fingers

[Matthiaswandel]

I'm surprised you still have your nose.

With all the walking you do every day, all it takes is forgetting to put one foot in front of the other just once and BAM, you break your nose!

[ggglllllll]

@Matthiaswandel LOL! btw you should know I have started working with wood and your vids are quite the insspiration :D!

[prosper58]

@Matthiaswandel thats... unexpected o_o

[robiniroven]

@Matthiaswandel only noobs lose their fingers eh? :P

[shuffleharddance]

@Matthiaswandel he's just jking dont take it seriosuly dude . 

[plumbersteve]

@shuffleharddance Matthias knows he's joking. Matthias transcends humor...dude.

[shuffleharddance]

@plumbersteve they way he talk its not jking

[Moogotoo]

@Matthiaswandel your comments are funny as hell :)

[bloodl3tt3r]

@blowmanx Bandsaws are pretty safe, unless you're a dumbass about it, which he clearly is not.

[flushnut]

Sweet!

[Septimius13]

mathias time and time again you amaze me with your skill level. awesome vid i am going to look at carving my own

[Chriswitahawk]

epic



[vincentleest]

Genius!

[shortshot14]

why not make an auto-paddler?

[stronguy20]

cool