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Carving A Cherrywood Voyageur Style Canoe Paddle At Lee Valley Tools

3,179 views · Published 6 August 2017 · 3:57 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Avoiding Chores · 2017 · Howto & Style

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If you are into woodworking, there is a chain of store in Canada called Lee Valley Tools that's been around for a number of years specializing in traditional wood working tools.

They had a series of canoe paddle events due to Canada 150 celebrations so I decided to sign up for the event help in Halifax a few weeks ago.

The class was small with most people driving in at least half a day from neighbouring provinces to attend.

We had three types of paddle to choose from

- ottertail
-modern beavertail
-voyageur

The type of wood varied, you had birch, ash, maple, walnut and if you were the right fit there were a few spotted maple & curly birch pieces.

Most of the work was done as many blanks were pre-cut. So the first task was to size a paddle and hopefully the type of wood you wanted.

I ended up getting a cherrywood blank in voyageur style.

The only tools we needed were: pencil, rasp, hand planer and some other tools from Lee Valley. This one worked very well for me as I started to shave down the wood.

Veritas Spokeshaves http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=49142&cat=1,50230

After marking a number of guidelines, you spent the next six hours working your piece of wood into a paddle. By the end of the day, you should have something finished that you can either finish sanding at home or varnish.

Three coats of Spar Varnish for the wall, five coats for the water. I finished off using 220 & 400 grit sandpaper.

It wasn't until I started sanding that the paddle came together. I was very happy with the end result. Yeah sure, you could buy something cheaper at the store, and once you look closer the paddle isn't perfect but I like it.

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