New Batch of Wood

Picked up another batch of lumber stock from Century Mill yesterday to prepare for a vigourous summer of paddle making...including some wood for my first two commisions. Now the locker room is really getting packed with wood, but here's a run down of my inventory that's been dressed to the usual thickness of 1 ⅛".

• 2 x Yellow Birch stock (7" wide)
• 2 x Yellow Birch stock (4½ " wide)
• 2 x Cherry stock (6½ " wide)
• 1 x Basswood stock (6" wide)

I also got them cut up strips from other shorts to end up with:

• 3 x Cherry shafts (1⅛" square)
• 3 x Yellow Poplar shafts (1⅛" square)
• 6 x ½" wide cherry strips (1½" thick) for laminating edges & accents)

Also found was a damaged piece of walnut 4" wide that could still be salvaged. I had them rip it down the middle and intend to laminate it with a thin central piece of Poplar left over from ripping strips for shafts. With this and all the other scraps from before, I should be able to make some colourful laminated blades soon too.


L to R: 2xCherry, Narrow Birch, Walnut+Poplar to laminate, Wide Birch, Basswood


Maple offcuts, Cherry shafts & strips, Poplar shafts & shorts, leftover Maple shafts


Stacked temporarily in the locker room - getting tight in there!