I will drill 3 holes to take the latch, one for no offset and two for left or right offset at 70 degrees (see below).
The turned end of the right blade shaft is epoxied into the SS tube.
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For the left paddle shaft end I am using a 4.5 inch lenth of 1 inch PVC pipe; turned down to fit into the SS pipe. It will have one hole for the latching mechansim. The PVC takes the wear instead of the wood and supports the latching mechanism. |
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I got a 3 foot section of 1.25 inch thin walled stainless steel
tubing as stock to make the ferrule from. I cut off 9 inches for the ferrule.
I will drill 3 holes to take the latch, one for no offset and two for left or right offset at 70 degrees (see below). The turned end of the right blade shaft is epoxied into the SS tube. |
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The latch is made from a short length of 3/8 inch aluminum rod turned down to 5/16 inch using the drill press and 40 grit sandpaper. It's then polished using finer grits. |
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I cut it off on the drill press using a mounted hacksaw blade. A small screw hole is threaded into the base to mount it to a piece of spingy plastic material. |
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The completed ferrules and latch. |
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After filling the glass with epoxy and applying three coats of marine varnish here is the completed paddle. Note how the epoxy turned the green stag horn sumac brown. |