Moosehead Canoes & Paddles
We have been making wood-canvas canoes and traditional canoe paddles in the UK since 1991. We also produce outdoor books and videos.
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK
By
Graham Warren
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Covers all aspects of making canoe paddles including:
From the author of “Canoe Paddles” - the definitive guide to paddlemaking.
PAL (UK) version available. NTSC (US) version coming soon
See how to make a fine wooden paddle, even if you have only limited woodworking experience
Pros and cons of various designs
Choice of woods
Laminated and one-piece
Hand and power tools
Marking out and guidelines
Rough shaping
Finishing
Critical sighting angles
Making custom jigs
Running time approx 90 mins
The DVD contains a choice of 10 paddle plans that you can print out full-size and use for your paddle
Very user friendly format. Includes a video overview of making a paddle; click on your remote at any point to get a detailed demonstration of that stage
16:9 widescreen. PAL Region 2 (UK and Europe). Plans are included on the DVD as full-size pdf files which require Adobe Reader. Price £15 plus £1.50 postage and packing.
UK customers buy here:
Available now:
Don’t be put off making yourself a fine wooden paddle by the effort of marking out. Get an accurate outline of the blade and grip, and the necessary carving guidelines, without having to transpose from offset tables and paper patterns. Mark out with a professional degree of accuracy in minutes rather than hours. Plywood blade and grip templates, and grip top and side, throat and blade tip plastic flexible templates supplied.
The blade template locks precisely together but takes apart so that the whole template set fits into an A4 padded envelope that will fit through your letterbox. This avoids problems with large parcels arriving whilst you are out. Simply draw around the templates and return to us in the same envelope within a week. See here to see how to use the template set.
Designs currently available:
Beavertail
Ottertail
Sugar Island
Child’s Sugar Island
More designs on the way
How to make a canoe paddle
Template hire costs £10 plus £3 postage and packing. Please note: you will also have to pay separately for the return postage which is around £2.14. We ask for a deposit of £12, returnable on our receipt of the returned template set in good condition. Important: email us to let us know which design you would like.
Please appreciate that we will have to retain the deposit if the template set does not return to us for whatever reason.
Template hire is only available in the UK.
Pay here (£25, which includes the returnable deposit of £12).
Choose the strips for your own laminated paddle:
Shafts:
Ash
Blade wings:
Ash
Maple
Cherry
Feature strips:
Ash
Douglas fir
Mahogany
Cherry
Deal
Basswood
Grips:
Ash
Maple
Mahogany
Larch
Oak
Beech
Strips are grain-matched in pairs and planed ready to glue.
The price per paddle is £30 - £35 depending on the number of strips you choose, and includes the design of your choice drawn on. Available only to personal callers in Chesterfield. Please email for further details.
Absolutely the easiest way to mark out your paddle.
Made in Derbyshire
