After 20 years of making wooden canoe paddles, Tarr has garnered a bit of a reputation for making some of the best paddles in the business. Although it's still a hobby for him, Tarr sells quite a few ...

“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.” — Ron Swanson. Actor Nick Offerman — known for his role as Ron Swanson on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation” — recently sent out homemade ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION — She’s a 15-foot-9-inch-long, lost-art beauty, all graceful curves and elegant flowing lines. She only needs a few bits of fancy trim — and a ...

“When we started out, we didn’t know a thing about woodworking”, Todd Randall says as he switches on a table saw and dons some ear protection. “We learned as we went and got a lot of advice from our ...

On a weekday morning, the whine of a belt sander drifts from an open window above a liquor store in downtown Duluth. Danny Brown is making a canoe paddle. Or, depending on your point of view, he's ...

Dale Kicker's idea of building a better, more durable canoe paddle started with high hopes in a lowly two-car garage in North St. Paul in 1982. His angle: Add a piece of nearly indestructible urethane ...

Fall is a great time to go canoeing; the bugs are gone, and the colors are out. It also is a time for sensible precautions. Fall temperatures often are cold, and that can be a hazard, even on sunny ...