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A few months ago I was contacted once again by Hopunion LLC out of Yakima, Washington to see if I was willing to work with them in creating 10 very custom Mash Paddles.
These paddles will be presented to the respective breweries as they visit Hopunion in the next couple of months.
Working with this business was a complete pleasure – the person I worked with is the most friendly and easy-going individual and she put her trust in me to create these paddles. Thanks Melody!
So, what you see here are a mix of walnut and cherry – they all stand roughly 42 inches high and average an inch thick. The carving on the handles and the company logos were accomplished with my CNC Router (after a TON of experimenting and testing!) as well as hand carving the detailed stuff. The two hops flowers in the paddle area were hand cut with the scrollsaw.
Overall, I would say about a month of work went into these – not full time, but a few hours per day.
This is a project where I think both the more traditional tools are complimented by the computer controlled stuff.
All in all, I used the following tools on these:
Tablesaw
Bandsaw
Planer
Jointer
Router
Oscillating Sander
Drill Press
Belt Sander
Scroll Saw
Dremel Carver
CNC Router
A mess of hand tools
Oh yeah – and a custom made dip tank to efficiently treat them with mineral oil!
BTW, the logos are trademarked/copyrighted, etc…... I had permission to use them….... enough said. :-)
Would I do this again – ABSOLUTELY! :-)
-bob
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
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Kookaburra
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#1 posted 297 days ago
Could you post a close-up of the hop flower? Is it inlaid? These are wonderful and I am sure the visitors to your client will be thrilled. The logos look terrific.
-- Kay - Just a girl who loves wood.
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#2 posted 297 days ago
Bob, these look great. The logos are fantastic. A nice variety of woods too.
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#3 posted 297 days ago
Neat looking paddles. Are they for canoeing?
-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.
KnotCurser
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#4 posted 297 days ago
So, to answer a few questions…...
The hop flowers are cut all the way through the paddle.
A Mash Paddle is used to stir “young” beer when grain is added to the hot water. You must have holes in the paddle to make it easier to stir (not as much resistance to the water that way).
These paddles will probably NEVER be used to actually stir beer, but they certainly could be used if someone desired to. Even the treatment is food safe. These paddles are more for show than utilitarian.
I do make quite a few paddles that get used as they are intended a bunch – one I made over a year ago and after all the hot water and work it still looks perfect. :-)
Hope this answers everyone’s queries!
-bob
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Roger
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#5 posted 297 days ago
Very kool. I guess you’ll never be up the creek without one o these.. :)
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#6 posted 297 days ago
Good job Paul.
And a nice run of paddles.
Steve
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#7 posted 296 days ago
Too cool. I do love the mix of all kinds of tools. Very nice to know that something you made over a year ago is still in good working order and looking good too.
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#8 posted 239 days ago
Great work…and some really good brewing companies you have listed there. You should have worked in some samples!!
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