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Title

Turning Oars 036

Authors

Tyrone Marshall, Linfield CollegeFollow

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Creation Date

5-12-2012

Disciplines

Cultural History | Oral History | Speech and Rhetorical Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies

Description

The Turning Oars collection features a series of photographs depicting the process of creating oars for Cape Kiwanda Wood Products of Pacific City by partners Paul Hanneman and Terry Learned. To look at the process chronologically, view the images in numerical order (Turning Oars 001 — Turning Oars 072). Terry Learned provided the description for this image.

The tailstock and the full oar blank are visible in this photo. The machine was designed so that Terry Learned can sand the shaft of the oar “right up onto the tailstock.” Learned thinks the oar blank “looks funny as you look down it." It is at this stage in the process that he “cranks the machine backwards while it’s spinning, taking the extra [wood] off the sharp edges” of the blank. Due to this technique, the machine doesn’t rip and tear the blank. Learned says that one time the machine ripped, or split, the oar. “Boy, I tell you what, this belt screamed and all kinds of stuff happened." Learned worked out this technique to avoid a repeat of that experience.

Related Resource

For a related exhibit panel from the Launching through the Surf Traveling Exhibit, refer to Launching through the Surf Traveling Exhibit Panel 11: Turning Oars for a Dory.

Comments

Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City is a collaborative project involving the Linfield College Department of Theatre and Communication Arts, the Jereld R. Nicholson Library, the Linfield Center for the Northwest, the Pacific City Arts Association, and the Pacific City Dorymen’s Association. The collaborators and project partners thank Dave Larkins of Pacific City, who has served as the Dorymen’s Association liaison for the project, their Linfield colleagues who have provided assistance, and the individuals who graciously shared their stories and memorabilia for inclusion in this historical collection.

Support for the project has been provided in part by the following: two grants from the Keck Community Engaged Research to Classroom Program from the Linfield Center for the Northwest, five Linfield College Summer Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grants, an Arts Build Communities Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission, grants from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition and the Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, a Cultural Development Grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, and generous gifts from Nancy Whelan and an anonymous individual donor. Rhianna Bennett, Mary Beth Jones, Gabrielle Leif, and Alicia Schnell have assisted with preparation of materials for the archives.

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Marshall, Tyrone, "Turning Oars 036" (2012). All Photographs & Images. Image. Submission 100.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/dory_archphotos_all/100