Such an artist! I have watched most of your videos and I still am amazed. When you put the power to it, I thought it was cutting the blank too much. Shows you what I know! Great job you!!!!
Interesting video, but could I respectfully ask you to consider tying your hair back? Heavy rotating machinery and loose flowing hair are a recipe for a trip to A&E. Otherwise very good.
Amazing equipment and your knowledge shows when setting up the prop and timber. If you have a chance could you please make a segment about caring of your propeller, especially if the varnish and surface is tired and worn from the years of use. What an owner can do, and when an expert such as yourself need to be involved. At the start you mentioned the condition of the propeller but not what made it non airworthy. Thanks
Maybe someone else already said this but anyone with long hair should put it up while around rotating machinery. People get seriously hurt having their hair pulled in.
What? What? What? I'm that guy that rambles about safety... I can't brush my teeth without ear protection. And Eye protection. And Lung... Yeah, THAT guy. So sorry, but so many things seem wrong about this video... Someone help ME, pleeeease.....
Lol, well I am not against protective gear, but I’m not going to live in a bubble either. I understand your concern but that’s the way this is going to go. I understand if you don’t watch the videos.
Ur a Girl 👱♀️👱♀️ Ur not ment 3 be able 2 do this & operate all these machines & FINISHING Sanders ect. Ur response should be during the 2nd ww they had us woman constructing the Spitfires with those complicated elliptical wings . So there man... 😀😁😂🤣😃😄😅 Fabulous work . I am a Fan. Grandpa taught u well & u listened 👏👏👏👂
Good Day Alaina ! I use Plastic Resin glue like you and I also use Resourcinol Glue. I was wondering if you have an opinion on using Epoxy for your props? Thank you very much
It’s so great to see you back making videos again. My great uncle had a “pantograph lathe” that he used to use to make gun stocks with for his gunsmithing business. It was similar to yours but different. I remember as a young boy going and helping him in his shop and watching it rotating and tracing the selected pattern as it carved away the excess wood. Loved the smell of the hardwoods as it milled away.
More like what I would call a duplicator , but the ones I have seen demo'ed used routers , interesting unit though . My brother has a Lazer unit , any three d pattern you can program into a computer can be made . Wood is fast but when making something out of steel , rock or glass it takes a long time , it only removes a few thou per pass.
My gosh that looks soooo much like the reverse thrust corvair airboat prop I talked to you about Alaina! Its just shorter. Cant wait to see what it looks like!! Im still watching 🙇♂️
Retired journeyman machinist here, ran a mill quite a few times. Well made and informative vid, but I was cringing the last couple of minutes. Young lady, do you often run a chip making machine without safety glasses? I know, the vacuum gets the dust and chips, but all it takes is one 'flyer' to gouge a cornea or worse.
Just stumbled across your channel . pretty neat I must say. I would like to see a video of how you got into this , the inspirations and the whole story ( at least as much as you're willing to share)!
I would call all this carving is done by dupicarving from a pattern. A lathe duplicarver is done on a spinning piece of work from a stationary pattern. A follower runs over the master pattern, while a cutter does the duplication in a half of the finished piece. The work blank is swapped end for end and the process is repeated, sanded and balanced, sealed and serialized for shippment.
A friend of mine had an old wooden propeller on his wall at home, and I always wanted one too, however, I'm not a pilote like him, so I can't propstrike one like him
Im building a similar prop duplicating lathe and thus find this vid fascinating. It's wonderful that you're continuing what your grandad started both the business and the impressive machine. I hope you'll wear light gloves during setup and tie your hair back when things are in motion. Thanks for this insight and best of luck in your business.
Nicely done. Could you possibly sometime introduce us to your little mouse that talked very shortly inbetween as you were setting up the distance for the blade to cut? 😉... Have a nice day! 😊... Had to return. Forgot to say thank you for your time and talent.
Really love the work you do, I have been enjoying for a few years now....I think....been sharing your videos to my aviation friends. Best wishes from Florida, Paul
Interesting copy machine. Ad minor comments/queries ..(1) you take great trouble to align the tip with the copy centre, but note not all props have the tips in line with the midpoint of the hub, some have a skew ! by eye the prop is angled up to the right because the hub is out of place, a reference at the same hight for the opposite tip would get the original prop level rather than the hub centred (which may nit be correct).. (2) there are large splits etc in the damaged original propeller that will be copied. It could have been good to "repair" it (to get as close to original shape only, obviously not for reuse) before making the new copy?
Well thing with RU-vid is that there is no way I perfectly describe everything I am doing. No, the center line of the prop does not have to be in the center of the tip of the prop. There are several prop patterns that have off set blades. The 1909 prop made for the Curtis Headless Pusher is made with 2” of cord on one side of the center line and 4” of cord on the other. But the 3 points do have align perfectly for the vertical balance to be correct. Like I said, i don’t go into incredible detail on these videos because they are not made for exact how to, more just to show people the rough idea of how they are made. Thankfully I have been making them from 20 years now and have a good reputation within the aviation community, so although I might not precisely convey every intricate thing I am doing on these videos, it isn’t because I am overlooking an aspect. And the lathe does not transfer those voids onto the pattern. The pattern ended up a little thicker than the original and I will do a final shaping by hand. I can always take off extra material, and will in the final stages of the process.
Are you concerned at all that the sample prop has some delamination? Could that cause issues in the dimension of the new prop? Very cool job you've got. I'm a bit jealous. : )
Absolutely fascinating to watch you work through and explain the multitude of variables necessary to create a template off of basically a “Barn Find” existing prop. Way more complicated than making a “Yule Log” 😂 always a pleasure to watch a true craft person keeping a craft alive!
Two things- Thing first- have you ever considered getting a pelletizer? With all of the wood chips that you produce, you could probably heat your home and shop for free, and have some left over to sell. Second- I can sharpen those blades for you, if you don't have anyone local to do it! :) I bought the local sharpening service a little while back.
