Homemade Mash Paddle Pics

[Fermentalist]

Is that your Halloween mash paddle? That's pretty cool!

Thats my everyday paddle! Keeps my beer bad-ass when I pair it with some head banging metal.

 

[DakotaRules]

Thats my everyday paddle! Keeps my beer bad-ass when I pair it with some head banging metal.

:rockin:

 

[beninan]

My mom made me this mash paddle. My dad owns a cabinetry business, and I asked him if he wouldn't mind making me a simple mash paddle. He told my mom, and she took over the project. It's made from birch.

Sorry about the giant pic

 

[aryoung1980]

Built my Milwaukee Brewers mash paddle today.

 

[Disintegr8or]

Thanks to this thread I just made a replacement for my white plastic spoon.
(it was a quick and dirty 30 minute job. I might make a nicer one some day)

 

[Randar]

Love some of the more simple designs here. Considering how much time I spent on mine, I think I should retire it as a piece of brewery art and make a simple one with a buncha various holes.

 

[Lucky_Chicken]

Love some of the more simple designs here. Considering how much time I spent on mine, I think I should retire it as a piece of brewery art and make a simple one with a buncha various holes.

to retire would be a shame... let it be brewery art and useful! It can retire when its old and has brewery age and stains on it

 

[TriangleIL]

Love some of the more simple designs here. Considering how much time I spent on mine, I think I should retire it as a piece of brewery art and make a simple one with a buncha various holes.

I love a lot of designs in this thread, almost every one of them is cool. But damn. Everytime I see this mash paddle I drool. This looks wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too complicated for my simple wood working skills. I think I will go with different sized holes.

 

[redrider736]

I got a 4'x4" piece of hickory. They had oak, cherry, aspen, and maple as well, but the hickory was less expensive and still a decent hardwood. Glad you guys like it. I'm hoping to my first AG with it this weekend!

My next DIY !! LQQks great .

 

[BiggieB400]

Lots of great work!! Very hard to pick a favorite!!

 

[chuckstout]

my next diy !! Lqqks great .

+1

 

[Spring_Chicken]

What are you guys using to make those detailed cuts?

 

[StainlessBrewing]

I've got to build me one of these!

 

[HootervilleHops]

This is mine i made this weekend. I have $5.82 into it.

 

[Spring_Chicken]

This is mine i made this weekend. I have $5.82 into it.

What materiel is it made from?

 

[uncle_jimbo]

Here's mine. I made it from a 3' piece of Red Oak. Didn't treat it with anything. Cost me about $5 at Lowe's. I don't own any fancy woodworking jigsaws or anything. Just a circular saw, orbital sander, and 1" drill bit.

 

[HootervilleHops]

What materiel is it made from?

That is maple, pretty hard stuff.

 

[Huaco]

I made a "Mash" Paddle This evening. I had been kicking around several ideas in my head about what to use as openings in the paddle and then this hit me like a ton of bricks...

I present to you the M*A*S*H Paddle.

 

[stamandster]

That's pretty awesome! It's funnny that no one has thought of that yet for a mash paddle

 

[g-love]

I present to you the M*A*S*H Paddle.

Nice!

 

[HootervilleHops]

I thought the boys brewed Gin in that still at the 4077th, not beer.

 

[Cardinal_Shrew]

Would there be anything wrong with making one out of a regular 1x4 or 2x4? What are they made of, pine?

 

[Golddiggie]

Would there be anything wrong with making one out of a regular 1x4 or 2x4? What are they made of, pine?

Yes (it's very wrong to use pine), you want to use a hard wood, not a soft wood. This is why maple is so very often used for paddles.

A 1x4 would be better than a 2x4 too. A 2x4 would be far too thick to use well. You can get 1x4 pieces of maple pretty cheap at HD or Lowe's.

 

[Cardinal_Shrew]

Yes (it's very wrong to use pine), you want to use a hard wood, not a soft wood. This is why maple is so very often used for paddles.

A 1x4 would be better than a 2x4 too. A 2x4 would be far too thick to use well. You can get 1x4 pieces of maple pretty cheap at HD or Lowe's.

Good to know, Thanks!

 

[rifraf]

Why hard wood? I have a willow cricket bat I want to use but I believe that is soft. Also, anything wrong with using a food safe sealer on a paddle? I was given advice to just treat it with oil from time to time but I'd love to keep the stickers on the bat.

 

[Golddiggie]

Why hard wood? I have a willow cricket bat I want to use but I believe that is soft. Also, anything wrong with using a food safe sealer on a paddle? I was given advice to just treat it with oil from time to time but I'd love to keep the stickers on the bat.

You want the hard wood since it will be food safe. Pine (from all I recall) is not really food safe. All the wood cooking implements you see are from a hard wood (typically maple) or bamboo. The only true 'food safe sealer' that you'll be able to use is mineral oil. Anything else won't be safe.

Put the bat on the wall either in your brewing area, or where you enjoy homebrew.

Also, you want to use a light color wood (again, maple) so that nothing leeches out into the batch.

This is one time where I wouldn't buck against the wisdom of the ages.

 

[passedpawn]

I'm building 2 of them out of afrrican teak. Stuff is hard as hell. Looks great too.

 

[Beaunine]

Making this while watching Yankees win the A.L. East!!!!!

 

[Beaunine]

Ok made a few adjustments! Do you all think it will work or are my cuts too close together?

 

[passedpawn]

Ok made a few adjustments! Do you all think it will work or are my cuts too close together?

looks great to me!