Hi everyone,

I am thinking about making some oars.  There seems to not be a whole lot of information online about it so I thought it would be good to start a thread about my plans and ask for everyone's input and then finalize the plan and build the oars and provide some lessons learned on the process. 

I am thinking I will build a router lathe by just making a box and moving the router along by hand while turning the piece by hand.  Not fast, but easy and cheap to build this jig.  I'm still not sure on how I will hold the piece of wood and rotate it.  I'm also not sure if I should laminate the oar with the blade integral or if I should make the shaft and blade separate and epoxy together.  I'm also not sure what kind of fiberglass cloth or Kevlar I should use. 

If anyone has built an oar or has an opinion on how to do it, I would really appreciate it.  I'll post pictures as I make progress.  Thanks.