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Thanks texastom. +1 for Road ID. You can personalize the tag with emergency contacts, medical conditions, allergies, etc. They have a service (I don't subscribe) where you can provide your medical history and in the event of an accident or whatever, EMS can call and get your history etc right...

Hey guys! Long time, no see... I was looking at some paddling videos online and the thought occurred to me "I haven't poked around the Old Sparky Forum in a while, let me go see what's up." Glad I did! I've only had my boat in the water a handful of times since we moved to Texas, but I have...

Oh, yeah, that... Well, it's been collecting dust. When I signed up to ride in the MS150 in Houston, my training schedule kind of took up all of my free time. Now that the ride is over, I've been telling myself to finish it up. Problem is, I haven't been listening to myself. :roll:

Will do Ron. Thanks.

Yep, Brazos is a lot closer, but no outfitters (I'm aware of) to shuttle. Might have to bribe my wife into helping on that one.

After moving to Texas nearly two years ago, I finally made an overnight canoe trip. After lurking around this forum for a while, I finally opted for the Colorado River, about an hour west of my home straight down I-10. We put in at Beason's Park in Columbus, TX. River gage was at 10.1'. The...

The holidays caught up to me before I could finish trimming down and sanding paddle #2. So I work a little bit here, a little bit there. I'll post some more when I've made some significant progress.

A few of the plans I saw online did call out a notch in the top head.

I'm happy to report that things are moving along well on my kayak paddle. Not fast, but moving nonetheless. I want to share a huge learning (sorry for the corporate speak) I had while working on this project. After trying to clamp down a round shaft to a flat surface for the 8 or 9th...

For an old guy, you catch on fast. :wink: Here's a snap of my notebook. I decided to be smart this time and keep track of what the hell I'm doing, while I'm doing it. The total length of the ash was 8', so there's 16" of solid shaft between the two hollow sections (or 8" on the end of...

That was never my original plan. I just stayed with my original idea. Two halves, hollowed out, but left solid at the paddle face and ends, where the ferrule will mate the two pieces.

haha! That's a good name. I had some other names come to mind. Come to think of it, they would be fitting also. :lol:

Thanks again everybody. Been trying to take my time and not rush into any mistakes. More progress, and an encouraging find... Making a square peg fit in a round hole This went fairly well, but not without a little aggravation. Note to self: next time (if there is a next time) buy straight...

I'm not sure. :roll: I was working on one of them yesterday and planed it down to about 1/4" Using my Bending Branches canoe paddle as a goby, upon casual inspection it "seems" thinner. But after a closer look it would appear that perhaps it too is about 1/4" thick, but tapering at the...

Haha! Don't you know it! I've spent about $50 on materials (if even that much), but you'd have to offer me an obscene amount of money to part with these right now. :lol:

They have the right profile. Now I need to make them skinny. They're about 3/8" thick right now.

Re: A sign of things to come... (lots of pics) Wife + kids + holidays = not much time for Dad's projects. I have managed to get some work in though. I sawed the hell out of that block of wood and managed to find 4 quarters of paddle blades in there. I earned 'em. That was some work there...

Trying this again. After typing up an update, my 6 yo came over and closed my browser window before I could hit submit. :evil: Anyway... slow progress. I glued up the paddle face laminations. That's maple, cherry, mahogany, and cherry again. Second pic is with mineral spirits. After...

Baby steps... I went' back to the lumber yard and got two pieces of milled ash, 3/4"x1-1/2"x10'. In the aftermath of my earlier screw-up, I recalled that I had built a router mortise jig for a "future" project. It would be perfect for this application. So, consciously trying NOT to rush...

Trust me, I'm not that good! The day started out right when I found this in my mailbox: I'm using ash for the shaft. I had milled one large board into two halves that I will hollow out to save a little on weight, then glue together. Luckily for me, I was able to get three halves out of that...