Making an Epoxy-River River Paddle for Paddling on Rivers
Вставка
- Опубліковано 23 сер 2020
- I know I know, I'm SO punny. River paddles are shorter and wider to allow for more blade area contact with the water before hitting the bottom of the river bed. Epoxy-River paddles have an epoxy river in them and therefore become rather useless for paddling.
This paddle is now hanging up in Narwhal Labs at TotalBoat HQ in Bristol, Rhode Island. Many thanks to TotalBoat for being such wonderful supporters of my channel.
Huge thank-you to TotalBoat for supporting my channel!
Use my affiliate link for 5% off your whole purchase :)
www.totalboat.com/BotalToat
disclaimer: this is not a paddle intended for paddling. Please don't make an epoxy-river river paddle for actual river paddling
Follow me on social media:
📸 Instagram: / xylafoxlin
🐦 Twitter: / xylafoxlin
📘 / xylareifoxlin
💸 Support me on Patreon:
/ xylafoxlin
Buy my MERCH:
📦 shop.xylafoxlin.com/
💌SEND ME THINGS📦:
Xyla Foxlin
3727 W. Magnolia Blvd. # 174
Burbank, CA 91505
My Amazon Storefront: www.amazon.com/shop/xylafoxlin
TotalBoat Products Used:
⛵️High Performance Epoxy Resin (all epoxying, fiberglassing): www.totalboat.com/products/hi...
Halcyon Water-Based Marine Clear Varnish (all base coats of varnish): www.totalboat.com/products/ha...
Lust Marine Spar Gloss Varnish (final varnish only): www.totalboat.com/products/lu...
Hey Everyone, thanks so much for the positive response to the canoe video and this one so far! I spent weeks trying to decide if this video was a cool enough project to publish right after the behemoth project that was the canoe, but I decided to go for it anyway. There's got to be some small projects between the big ones, and I promise I've got some big ones in the works as we speak :) Next week I'll publish a more informational DIY video on how to make your own hyper-functional canoe paddle (unlike this one) so please stay tuned! Much Love, X 💜
EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that I cannot spell. All I say to that is: oops. Too late to fix it now. Can you find the spelling mistake?
Best video of the day. Thank. I watch you from Ukraine. You are an amazing.
It is unlikely that I would build a strip canoe. (I would likely go with a stitch and glue kayak as a boat project) But a non functional paddle is definitely I project I might try. So the little projects are fun to watch and consider trying. I would love to see you make a Greenland style kayak padde.
Found the spelling mistake. You wrote 'copywrighted' music whereas it is correctly spelled: *copywrought* music. I'm a bit of a language genius, as you may remember.
mantabbbbbbb............
It's not about the size of the project, but your passion for the processes that makes things interesting around here!😁❤ So no worries about a small project, or MANY small projects between the bigger ones.😉
Half the enjoyment of this channel is how much a giant nerd she is while making things.
I love my people.
Keep em' coming!
06:15 "Every tool is a hammer!"
(Except screwdrivers of course, they're chisels)
Depends on which end we're talking about here. I have used screwdrivers as both hammers and chisels. And quite a few times, I've used a philips head screwdriver as a center punch.
Damn, I thought they were pry bars
As Adam Savage says, Every tool is a hammer.
every tool is a beer opener as well.
Which is quicker, using what is in reach and fixing it later?, or maintaining the tools in a setup within reach? Never mind.
Honored to have this paddle at it's forever home here at Narwhal Labs! Great working with you Xyla and we love this ridiculous and awesome project!
The best part is, if you have a river paddle and a normal paddle, if someone's heart stops you hit them with both paddles while screaming "clear!". (hey, it's been a rough day, this thought gave me a silly chuckle, seriously rough day.) Great video.
Sorry bout your rough day man. Had mine a couple weeks ago :-P
Sorry about your rough day. BUT your pun made mine better! ( I was wHat assault them with your paddles?....ohhh..dim lightbulb)
I feel like half of the fun of these projects is reacting to all the weird/interesting problems that arise during the project. (the sawdust trick is genius)
Add sawdust to your miter joints with a bit of wood glue, resand, you”re welcome.
If you get adhesive (even CA) on your hands, use sawdust to get most/all off!
Thanks to Chris @Clickspring for that tip!
I love how it looked being used with the sunlight catching / passing through the river. Wonderful project
All puns considered, that's a great looking paddle though! Now the question is, what more can we epoxy-riverify? The world looks different when you look at it with that in mind 😬
These videos are so informative and entertaining. I love how you hit a roadbump and went right over it without losing your cool. I hope we get to see more woodworking videos in the future.
your intro was me waking up every day, except you were enthusiastic about it
If you've gotta be human garbage, may as well be excited about it
@@xylafoxlin lol i think i can only truly be excited about it after a copious amount of coffee
Love the way the light shows thru it as you're paddling!! Good stuff!!
Fantastic work. Alluding to your comment, small projects are great, don't worry about always trying to top yourself. No matter what your making, I'm coming back for more quirky fun Xyla!
The best thing that's going to come up in my youtube feed this week. Awesome work Xyla!
You are such a gorgeous smart young woman. A nice and clever idea with the eyeshadow pigments for that cool River Paddle. It is again a piece of art, beautiful!
I love seeing the techniques you used building the canoe in your projects. Really goes to show how versatile they can be. Great build!
This has easily become a favorite channel of mine. Your honesty is awesome to see, and your projects are great. Keep up the good work.
You are nothing like Tim Taylor or Norm from the Old Connecticut Yankee Workshop that's for certain. I always enjoy the videos and I'm blown away that you're so multi-talented from watching a number of older videos about the Non Profit, flying, violin, Engineer and building things like the Canoe. You are very impressive and funny. Keep up the good work. I also was impressed with the program for helping the schools with training materials. Everyone should be proud of your accomplishments. Keep being the awesome genius.
Turned out beautiful. For all the “mistakes” you made. All part of the process. Well done.
Turned out great Xyla, awesome work! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
You are so welcome to Norway with your paddle and uncle.
We will find a lake, river and a fjord for the two of you.
Love your movies,
Makes me smile. 😊
I just adore your videos! I was so surprised to find out just how new your channel is, as you deliver really good content. Happy that the algorithm shuffled you in. Keep on doing what you do, we need more young makers!
I love your excitement and the high tension along with the cool woodcraft projects. So satisfying😄😄
This paddle makes me want to make some coal-fired pizza for some reason.
But please not with epoxy, that really ruins the taste.
Monostripe Explosive Explorations, There are some food safe and heat resistant epoxies out there that might work to make a pizza peel.
@@davidgrover5996 I am glad that people are considering food safety for all wildly inplausable projects such as my dreams of vibrant wood pizza peels. Dang it, now I want pizza again.
Ouan Lynch, Sorry.
Isn’t the only coal fired pizza place in New York City?
I hope it survived the Scamdemic I always wanted to try it.
@@davidgrover5996 There are a few here and there. I know that there a bunch in Florida for example and a couple in Texas.
welcome back, love your personality and content so far :D
i kept thinking “that epoxy join will give out, she must be going to fibreglass over the paddle for strength, Xlya puts fibre glass on EVERYTHING!”. But no fibreglass on this one, my jaw is still on the floor … 🤣
The saw dust for spilled paint also works with a broken bottle of olive (or other cooking) oil. Although I’ve also used cheap cat litter for oil
Hmm for fun and haha chuckles. Try a combination of yosegi and kumiko. Yosegi is a Japanese art where many different types of wood in different shapes to form different patterns and then made into a thin vaneer strip.
Kumiko on the other hand is a Japanese art as well. It is the art of inlaying wood into well wood.
Together I am certain it would be beautiful especially for something like a canoe or other project.
Xyla, keep to your dreams and wishes when it comes to building things. I think the paddle is something I would use. wide enough to stir and easier to move the boat towards where you want sideways. Keep doing such a good job. I never thought of eye shadow as a color mix. Take care back in the area of my country. stuck in South Carolina 🛶🛶
This girl rocks
❤️ Hatsoff to you xyla
Really enjoy this channel. You have so much energy. Very funny. Please keep them coming. Thanks.
We are loosing true craftspeople day in and day out I am glad you are bring a fun edge to your craft.
Xyla so glad that you have made another video
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. This is a cool little project with some learning about materials and techniques. Love it! You could say "A River Runs Through It" or with the craters in the epoxy on one side - "Moon River." (thank you.. thank you.. I'll be here all week.)
I like the way the light shines through that epoxy!
Nice job with the whole project and really liked how you made the eye shadow work for you. Good stuff!
Cool video. So entertaining. Awesome build, paddle looks fantastic. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Kudos for creativity in sourcing materials and persistence in recovering from setbacks, I learn more watching real world builds with all the attendant setbacks. Shallow water paddle is a great 👍 concept! Thank you for keeping the music volume low enough so that you can hear how hard you are working the tools you are utilizing. Great personality and content is a winning combination for a successful channel, well done. 🙏
40 years ago in grade 11 I made two red and white laminated cedar racing canoe paddles, it was very interesting bending the wood and stuff, but other than the planer and table saw to get the strips of cedar everything else was done with hand planers and rasps no power tools. they turnout really good.
When I saw the Kinney’s sign, I was like, I know that place. Had no idea you were in VT, let alone Addison Co. It’s a small world. Love your channel.
you town in famous now!
Learned something new today never knew their was a different type of paddle thanks for that and a great looking paddle
AWESOME project! After watching a few of your videos, I had to subscribe.
So... I wanted to say I LOVED this paddle build and your Canoe build. I am a canoeist myself and have plans on building my own cedar strip canoe once my dad and I can relocate to a place with space for a proper shop. I love the energy you put into your videos. MANY DIYers on youtube, but few seem to have so much fun with it. Then I discover I had already heard of you... your wooden corset is famous in steampunk and medieval recreation circles. Could not tell you how many times I have seen posts of the picture of you with the sword tagged with a title to the effect of "This is amazing". I look forward to seeing more projects. With the state of the world, your cheerfulness, and enthusiasm are almost infectious :)
oh and I am sorry... with that flat bottom on the paddle, I can not help but laugh as I keep getting an image of paddling a canoe with a pizza peel.
Cautght the TedX presentation brilliant lady . Society can learn a lot from Xyla ! That prompted my subscription
You're such an artist... I love it!
I love your sense of humor that infuses the video.
Looks great when the sun hits it. That turned out cool!
I agree! It turned out a cool smoky grey blue color, a little bit green, too. I think it's very appropriate for a river. It reminds me of the Rocky Mountain Lakes, Emerald Lake for example. I love the color!
Really cool that you just go for it regardless like with the table which turned out pretty good for a first shot even with a catastrophic failure that you bounced right back from. I was hoping you did like a super "glass look" polish on the resin to make it a wall hanger but the most fun is learning how to make mistakes right off the bat so when you do that really cool awesome project that turns out perfect, it's because you've learned all the ways to screw it up and how to avoid them! That is the priceless journey.
I was pretty impressed when you had it in the vice on the weak side for planing - If I did that it would've snapped off and ended up in the fire box!
Attitude is everything and that you have mastered from the start.
I LOVED the eye shadow trick! Will definetely try some mixtures with the epoxy I have at home and some old make-up.
Simply awesome and beautiful! Thanks for the work and idea!
The parallel appears more compatible. I'm glad you decided that way.
Finished product looks FAB!
Never would have even thought about using eye shadow as pigment, out there!!!!
Well done!!
This was a really entertaining video :D
I now realise that I don't really care what the exact project is that you do. As long as you seem to have fun doing it I believe I will enjoy watching it.
I love the inclusion of your thought process for the silicon problem. I teach physics and it is wonderful to share said information and to model critical thinking in the "real world" is awesome share for my students! Thanks again.
I love it! Currently the only way I'm using my engineering degree so.... 😂
Looking forward to next week. My quarantine project has been to make paddles for my kids, so Ill get to see all the things I did wrong 😀
Hi Rapunzel!
I was asking myself “am i watching the Disney film? You did really good job.
Thank you for your voice and smile that makes me happy for a while.
Final paddle looks so clean! Well done!
I am so happy to come upon your channel Xyla, ok , now I confess that I am hooked~smile.
~Mark
Nice job. I would never have thought of makeup for coloring resin.
Clever, it looks fantastic in the sunlight.
Dang that looks gorgeous in the water
Yes, especially when the sun shines through from the far side of the paddle! 🤩🤩
So cool to see the shout out for Xena workwear! They are good people there 😊
I like how it looks with the sunlight pouring through the resin.
This is my new favorite channel.
Very nice finished product. The resin stripe adds a great visual as you are using the paddle. Greetings from NE Ohio. Wishing you and your family a great new year filled with peace, health and happiness. Cheers
That was tremendous fun.
Literally the coolest person 😎 keep up the good work!
Really liked the problem solving skills in this. You really roll with the punches.
I did learn something, now I know what I was looking at, paddles made from Mangrove roots and Rainforest tree butress roots, short wide blades.
That turned out nice!
Enjoyed watching the paddle crafting! Also - I heard Cody Francis "Weather Any Storm" in the background....
I had great results using ink for fountain pens to color epoxy, it's cheap and easy to get in various colors :)
Wouln't the water content in fountain pen inks mess up the epoxy curing?
@@TheJaws27 I'm not entirely sure. I had indeed some pieces that stayed a bit squishy but others cured perfectly fine, so it might have just been my far-too-old resin.
Definitely sth I should try again to make sure
Inks are notoriously not light fast as well. But i don't know about the permanence of eye shadow either...
Adding ink to casting epoxy, as opposed to the stuff used to build boats, in dilute quantity is not going to stop it from curing and would produce some interesting effects. For more saturated shades, composite supply stores have compatible colourants.
You are in this weird crossection of Girly Girl, Handy AF and Dad Jokes - I love it :)
@Khaffit I am pretty certain that Xyla isn't a dad though :D
I really hope my 5 year old grows up like her and not like me
I like to think Xyla's inner-monologue at the transition at 1:21 is "Ahhh....it's a-liiiive edge!!"
Love the paddle...great job!
Me 10 minutes in: "Is Xyla gonna fiberglass it? She fiberglasses everything!"
She's in love with epoxy, isn't she?
Haha that's awesome. Looks like it would go perfectly with your corset too. 😉
That is honestly a gorgeous paddle
Absolutely beautiful........the paddle is pretty nice too 😜😘
Keep it with joy!! the world is yours.
So smart and intuitive. Great video..thank you
Awesome video. I'll have to remember that sawdust trick!
As always, great work
Your recovery from the pour fiasco was inspiring!
you're making me miss canoeing... out here in the deserts of CA.
nice beauty shot at the end!!
love the paddle, and your videos, and you
Beautiful job, Young Lady!
Beautiful paddle!
Oh my god you’re from Vermont!!!!! That’s crazy me too! I love your stuff!
Damn, I just love your energy!
Great tip with the sawdust! 😃👍
Love the result.
Love this project! It's soo cool how you solve your problems, like using the sawdust, or using eye shadow as a dye - it takes a woman to think of that. I would never have thought of it haha.
Again, great!. Thank you. More, please ma'am.
It’s so good!
Subscribed, awesome project!
Xyla! You're such a badass! Loved this vid 😍
Still looking for that hammer....
Also, hot glue for molding epoxy. Rubbing alcohol to release glue.
Eyeshadow for pigment... NICE!
Your planer game is better than mine LOL
What a great succes for a young Channel ! congratulations! Kiss from french woodworker who loves extremes sports . Great job👍
very well done, loved it....