Almost a Jose Olson

[Spankbucket]

Very Nice indeed!!!

[Talisman]

I personally would not use anything else, it makes a nice strong , light weight set of paddles. But others will probably disagree.

Hi Chris,
In reply to the above quote ...

Probably ... lol

I have to say that don't I?

Having said that i will have styrene & ABS alterantives with me at the Paddler day this year (2012)... after all , the customer is allways right .... to quote a friend ... '' until proven otherwise''...

But seriously, i like the build !

Me and Mr Mark's Model Boat Bits might benefit from a chat.

Regards,
Kim

[chipmonk]

Hi all
I am glad you like my efforts, and I would be happy to chat about using styrene sheet for paddles etc.
Cheers Chris

[Talisman]

That was fun to draw out on my CAD program, as the laser cutter cuts with a 0.5mm line and the ones on the drawing were about 1,2mm  .

Using this technique I have made workable wheels up to 200mm (8") diameter and have not has one fail yet ( I have lost count how many I have made it is well into double figures). All welded with "Slater's Mekpac" adhesive.
Cheers Chris M

Hi Chris,

I did a quick survey on materials just before starting production & also quite happy with the use of Styrene on my Laser But by all means if you want to start a discussion I'm happy to put my two penths worth in ...

Just going back to the first quote .. If it's your own Laser & your getting a 0.5mm Kerf on the cut in 1mm Styrene ... I'd be looking at the focus (typical Kerf is usually about 2 X Beam width so either it is a low power laser of Laser is out of focus /needs a wee clean   maybe? (Excluding Pulse rate at the moment)

Regardless, your line weight at the drawing stage the laser (usually) follows the centre of the Line ? Unless your using some exotic software that I'm not aware of.

I know you did look into gettting a laser cutter and happy to help if i can.
Regards,
Kim