| Helsinki Museum, Aleut Paddle The plans can be found on the Internet by performing the search: Lew Plummer Helsinki Museum Aleut Paddle. |
| I laminated western red cedar, cypress and redwood to form the blank. |
| After laminating the blank, I marked the shape of the blades onto the blank using a template of the paddle I made using the plans. |
| Paddle templates. |
| The shape was roughed out on a bandsaw. |
| A plane was used to taper the blade. |
| A spokeshave shaped the ridge along the power face of the blade. Masking tape defined the edge of the ridge. |
| A gouge formed the recess along the ridge on the power face of the paddle. |
| A drawknife quickly tapered the edges of the blades. |