People doing what they do. Brilliantly. Especially NICE seeing this; American People doing what they do brilliantly and no need to raise a fuss. This is heart and soul American excellence.
Ladies were excellent at production of aircraft and other machinery during WW2 , however I am still amazed at your skill. I am pleased to see your children getting involved .best wishes
What a great pleasure to have you back... wow what a monster of a prop for the two of you to lady handle... From the glueing up through to the fantastic lathe it's always a pleasure to watch the prop slowly come out from hiding inside the wood. A true joy to watch you all work, thank you.
Amazing how you managed getting that thing on the band saw. Also, it is so nice to hear you talking about how you do everything you can to save the old lathe from as much extra work as possible. 👍
The Bristol Fighter was an amazing design for a WW1 vintage plane , with a 275 hp Rolls Royce V12 engine. What a great project to make the huge prop for this extremely rare beast. I would love to see the final work and finishing Alaina, I do hope you show it :)
What an awesome job you and your Grandmother did. Two years ago I purchased a couple adjustable tables from Home Depot for use in my wood shop. They go low enough to act as in-feed and out-feed tables for my table saw as well as high enough for my 17" bandsaw.....and they're much easier to move around than a 800 lb planer:-) Kudos for the effort though! I believe the tables are made by Husky and cost about $199 each. I use them everyday as workbenches as well. Love the channel and your work.
@@CulverProps You might consider a hydraulic lift table with casters. You can even find a couple at Harbor Freight. Get the one with the bigger wheels and a _foot_ pedal to pump it up. I have the same 20" planer and bandsaw that you do. While the lift table is going to be close to full height it would be a LOT easier to move than a 900# planer.
Absolutely awesome video ! The craftsmanship, quality equipment used, and the family support is endearing. I believe granny was wearing sandals ? on this one ! 💝💝
Just subscribed. I love the ingenuity that went into the lathe. I’m a mechanical geek (on a much smaller scale) so this is poetry in motion for me. Add in your talent and expertise and it doesn’t get any better than that. Please keep on keeping us entertained. 😎👍
My name is Peter, im a hobbiest, flying a large rc models and making a 1to1 scale replicas for museums. I did a replicas propellers for my airplanes using much simple tools and your work is for me very impressive i. You doing incredible, fantastic work. All the best from Poland. Ill follow your videos. Peter
Great Video, be sure and show it completed. Also it was Great to meet such a Great YOU TUBE Celebrity at OSH and at the Zenith Open Hanger Day! looking forward to more videos!
You handled that very well but invest in some material handling for the sack of your back and health. Keep on smiling and glad to see one of or videos again.
I love it -- lets make a highly precise, perfectly balanced, no room for measurement error, wooden propeller. Hmmmm, what tool is that precise? I know, the chain saw 🤓😁 !!! Alaina, these are wonderful videos. Thank you for taking us along for the ride on how these are made. Wood is so beautiful, and under the eye of the craftsman (woman) they become works of art.
That lathe is awesome Alaina great job on the video, fun to see all the family In it. I see you changed your hair sytle lol looks good. Keep up the great work... jay
just found your videos, interesting how you make the prop, part engineering part Art, Did your grandpa design your lathe? Or is it a commercially available tool? i watched a 3 part how to series you did, great fun to watch. I enjoy watching and learning, I run a standard wood lathe in my shop and enjoy it, so watching you guys is fun.
Awesome precision woodwork. Question is if the wood has exactly the same density and the same weight so that the propeller is equally balanced on both sides? Of course that glue has to last for decades.
I really am impressed at what you do in your shop. Felt bad for you having to horse that thing into your band saw. If I might make a suggestion have you thought about looking into a beam cutter like a Prazi attachment? It goes on a circular saw and works great for beams so perhaps it would work good for your application. Yes, they tend to want to cut straight like a chain saw but you could work the angles and remove a lot of wood without having to handle it like you did. Keep up the good work.
@@CulverProps One can certainly tell that you do. Always good to love what you do. It makes work that much easier. Been there, done that. Thanks for replying.
Amazing work, I'm hesitant to ask but do you ever have a reject/flawed, non-usable wood prop that you would sell to be used for non-operational display/wall hanger ?
Impressive video. If you don’t mine my asking, what does a prop of that size sell for? If that’s proprietary information, I understand. Looking forward to the 2nd video.
@@CulverProps That is much less than I thought. Considering the amount of skill involved and how much the completed aircraft will be worth, that is quite cheap. You do great work. It is fascinating watching you make the laminated blank, and carefully reveal the finished prop by cutting and sanding.
I was waiting for the bandsaw blade to pop just as you said you got thru that step ok. I was watching it bend away and thought "Oh girl, push a little less" ...and you did. Working with machines myself I know you get a feeling for it. It may sound silly, but I feel one sort of builds up a friendly relationship with ones tools (;-)). While watching you one can see you've got it in your blood. If you were my daughter I'd be proud of you and I'm sure your dad is too. till next time!
I'd have roller stands on both sides of the planet so I wouldn't still be supporting the board by hand when it hits the cutter. Same for when comes out more than half way.
My one question is is where the heck do you get the one blade that the lathe is making a copy of!? I understand you probably have one for all different sizes and pitches but someone had to make them! Were they made by hand?? Gosh Ive always wanted to learn how to make a prop!
When the timber gets to be bigger than the bandsaw I start thinking , time to clamp down the timber and move the bandsaw. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AVbUe1MNG4E.html
Love what you're doing! Noticed that your blade on the bandsaw is moving all over the place. Here's a video on adjusting where the blade runs on the wheels, and where the guides should be running. Not my video. I just learned about where the blade should run on the wheels! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bxVyKsbuwZQ.html
Very impressive prop. I can sure see that this a handful to move around. Always great videos and craftsmanship! Thanks for posting and glad to see your back.
Very informative video, it’s great to see it’s a real family owned and operated business. True craftsmanship is hard to find anymore, hopefully your daughter will follow your example and find her passion in carving fabulous works of aviation art. You do need to consider some proper lifting equipment, then there’s less pain and effort in your art. 😉
Nice....Two videos on two weeks!! Must say it's soooo nice seeing you work. Soo beautiful and skilled. And you have such a supernice voice perfect for narrating! I also liked seeing you or your father have a Husky (as I'm a swed)
What a huge and impressive job! And I know, because 45 years ago I was an apprentice aircraft woodworker at the Shuttleworth Collection in England and helped Bert Etheridge build a replacement 114-inch prop for the LVG C.VI German bomber that still flies to this day. We had no lathe, either, and did it with a bandsaw, machete (really!), spokeshave and sandpaper. What took you two days took us six weeks! But I do have a question, I promise: you said it was mahogany but I see two different colors of wood. What is the other type? On the LVG we used beech for the light wood and it was difficult because it was much harder and therefore the cutting was uneven in places. And just to be clear, when I needed a new prop for my Davis DA-2A, I had you build it, not me.
@@CulverProps I believe that type of lathe was invented to make gunstocks, quite possibly at an arsenal in Springfield, Mass. I think that was in the early 1800's.
I could not hear over the saw noise what you said about the flat spots that the lathe saw did not. Seems like you lose the airfoil in those locations or was this a rough cut pass with a final cut yet to come?
Be careful! You need something like a hydraulic lift cart or something on those big guys. Poke around on Harbor Freight and see if you can find something helpful. 😉
