Mash paddle!!

[6footbrewery]

Ok let's see what you guys have made. Post your mash paddle here. We all want to see your handy work. The crazier the better.


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[6footbrewery]

I'll start it off. Here is one I just made a few days ago.

All pine, all fine.


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[rumwrksw]

No longer mine, but one I made as a prize for our local club. Now hangs on the wall of the proud winner

The one I still use is.. less impressive looking

 

[Butchhe]

Amazing craftsmanship rumwrksw.

 

[Eugenio]

This is my mash paddle / intruder deterring device. It lives next to my bed within arms reach.

Its Ipe, with like 5 coatings of Tung Oil and left to dry for 2-3 weeks.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Q

Repurposed maple baseball bat.


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Http://biabbags.webs.com/

 

[JohnSand]

I like all of yours.
Mine is just a really big spoon.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

nice work you guys, I like the baseball bat paddle. So what's the difference between a mash paddle and a 24" slotted stainless steel spoon? Does the paddle work easier for 10 gal batches and larger?

 

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[wilserbrewer]

So what's the difference between a mash paddle and a 24" slotted stainless steel spoon? Does the paddle work easier for 10 gal batches and larger?

Not much really, depending on the size of the tun, a longer stirring paddle / spoon is needed. I have a collection of stirring implements. Most often I use a 24" bamboo wok stirrer I picked up for a buck or two. For larger BIAB batches, I use a 30" oak paddle I made out of a piece of flooring. Haven't used the baseball bat paddle yet, just built it for fun. FWIW, I haven't ever bothered cutting holes in any of my paddles and find they work fine.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Wilserbrewer
Http://biabbags.webs.com/

 

[riderkb]

This one is poplar.

 

[WorkBoots09]

I made a few poplar paddles this past weekend. Here's one of them:




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[Stehag]

Here is my high tech paddle, with a thermometer in the handle.

I bought a barbecue fork with thermometer, which I picked the goodies from.
I´m not a blacksmith just for fun, if can you make something in stainless steel, why not?

 

[ShineOn]

This is my mash paddle / intruder deterring device. It lives next to my bed within arms reach.

Its Ipe, with like 5 coatings of Tung Oil and left to dry for 2-3 weeks.


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Nice Cockscombing there!

 

[biertourist]

No longer mine, but one I made as a prize for our local club. Now hangs on the wall of the proud winner

The one I still use is.. less impressive looking

Incredible. I could only dream I had such skills.

Adam

 

[stevehardt]

Real nice looking paddle. You've got skills!

 

[bobeer]

I have a nice piece of oak I'm gong to make one out of. Do you all treat the wood with anything before you use it to stir a mash?

 

[wilserbrewer]

No

 

[Eugenio]

I use tung oil, and havent had an issue. The paddle spends so little time in the wort that it really doesnt worry me, but I did want to protect the paddle from liquids and from the wort.

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[vinylrooster]

Went with an abstract hop cone design, hope you all like it. I also didn't use any oils and just left the natural wood color. Mine looks terrible compared to some of the other ones already posted up here....those have amazing craftsmanship.

 

[chainlife]

I use a piece of raw pine baseboard that is about 30" long I had left over

 

[clarkpadgett]

I guess you can't really call this a paddle, but here it is anyway.

 

[gbarker121]

I'm in Seattle and wanted something related to a native american design I saw at our local Museum of History and Industry. Not sure which tribe (probably several) but nice lines.

It's not finished (might never be) but I use it anyway.

Jig saw, hole saws on the drill press and an hour or so with a 4.5" flap wheel on an angle grinder. Works great.

 

[eharris8310]

My first brew day my two dogs hung out with me in the garage. So i jokingly named my "brewery" Two Bassett Brewing. Had to make a dog themed paddle.

 

[WorkBoots09]

I forgot to post my other paddle I made. I didn't oil or coat this one at all, and I've used it in my last 3 or so batches without issue. It's poplar, cut the shape with a jigsaw, cut the holes with various hole saws and paddle bits. If the grain bill is light enough, I just set the paddle across my keggle and plop my BIAB bag right on top to drain while I heat up to boiling.

 

[joe_four_strings]

My dad made this one for me out of wood from my nephew's old cradle. Came out pretty good.

 

[Homercidal]

I guess you can't really call this a paddle, but here it is anyway.

I have something very similar, but with a shorter handle. I'd love a longer handle. Maybe I can figure out how to extend the handle.

This thing breaks up dough balls like nobody's business!

 

[depper]

Not a paddle at all....but it's what I use when stirring and it freek'n rocks!

 

[val214]

Made this about a year ago. Might need to make another since this one is slowly splitting.

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[clarkpadgett]

I have something very similar, but with a shorter handle. I'd love a longer handle. Maybe I can figure out how to extend the handle.

This thing breaks up dough balls like nobody's business!

I just found a length of stainless tubing that had an ID that matched the diameter of the whisk handle, then JB Welded it on.

 

[Homercidal]

I just found a length of stainless tubing that had an ID that matched the diameter of the whisk handle, then JB Welded it on.

Good Idea. I have some SS tubing sitting in the garage, and I can look for more at the scrapyard if I don't have any the right size.

And I can TIG it on at work...

 

[Cassius_dog]

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Here is mine, I used popular hardwood. Should I oil it? If so, what kind? Thanks

 

[Soulshine2]

I'm in Seattle and wanted something related to a native american design I saw at our local Museum of History and Industry. Not sure which tribe (probably several) but nice lines.

It's not finished (might never be) but I use it anyway.

Jig saw, hole saws on the drill press and an hour or so with a 4.5" flap wheel on an angle grinder. Works great.

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seriously...that looks like the ribs out of an airplane wing...thats cool

 

[NCBeerMedic]