So I made a mash paddle

[val214]

So, I made a mash paddle. I got tired of my plastic spoon bending and flexing like crazy while I poured my grains into my mash tun. I looked for online ideas and direction. I did fall in love and thought about ordering one from wild ones carving. I decided not to since my father in law left behind a garage full of wood working tools. I bought a piece of maple at Home Depot and the project began. By no means is this a great job or a perfect paddle. I was just bored and both of my fermenters were full. Yes, I only have two fermenters. Ere are some pictures of the paddle project. pattern outline. traces pattern.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Looks really nice! Good work!

 

[purplehaze]

Nice job, keep the pics coming.

 

[Jorb]

I like it.

 

[ShadyBrewer]

Looks great. Nice job

 

[Skep18]

That's awesome!

 

[Araknaphob1c]

Where did you get that design?

 

[JackAssBrewer]

That's sweeeeeet!! I have a piece of Oak that I want to make into a paddle, but I can't say it will look as sweeeeeet when I'm done with it. Can't wait to see the finish product!

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Where did you get that design?

I was wondering the same thing. It almost looks like something out of Middle Earth haha.

Looks great OP, can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[coopernatural]

This looks freaking cool.

 

[fuzzy2133]

Looks like a dang good job to me!

 

[Hello]

Beautiful work man!

 

[val214]

Thank you guys. I got that pattern from online google Celtic band. There are two that will automatically pop up. I thought about using oak since it is a softer wood. I chose maple because all blogs and post seemed to like the harder maple wood.

 

[val214]

Here is another pic with the handle portion cut out. I am almost done just need to carve out some more details and sand it. Since I used a router to gauge out the centers there are a few rough areas.

 

[vinylrooster]

looks amazing, great job!

 

[Melana]

So cool.

 

[beaston]

This is awesome. Inspires me to make my own paddle

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[Hello]

That is so awesome. I cannot imagine doing that design, the inside bits, with my router. Best I've done is my first mash paddle and it was a bit rough.

 

[Roadie]

Very cool!

 

[zdbrown1]

nice work!

 

[Corey_SS]

That's pretty damn cool.

 

[val214]

Cleaning up the rough edges and trying to finish this bad boy.