Found this image on the net and found it to be very interesting on how they did it .

That's a great photo, thanks for posting it.

That's really cool. I wonder if it was the 'standard' or 'international' technique, or just limited to one region.

Very cool photograph. This technique was probably pretty standard when "hand carving" props during this era. I suspect after a relatively short period, a mechanized method was developed and the art of hand making a propeller was lost to the ages.
C.

I wonder which one is Mr.Hamleton and if the other is Mr. Standard

Yeah, it's really cool. I wonder how they painted the wooden structure on the completed ones...

Cool...pre assembly line era! The guy on the left with a small hand plane and the guy on the right with a tap hammer and a small headed chisel...speed wasn't a consideration here! I'd like to see how they bored the larger holes in the props...see the small origonal holes verses the finished props larger ones.
Makes ya wonder if they used templates for the curved surfaces or just eyeballed it all?

Glad you guy's like the pic . i was very bored and starting surfing the net about wood props , some thing one which really doesn't get covered to often . So I'm compiling some info here on the subject . Nice to have a better understanding on how they did it back then in the good all days !

Not sure on how they drilled the holes , one could say that a template was used with hand drills to bore the holes , which would have to be line up prefect or an unbalanced prop would be the out come and a lot of man hours wasted .

more to come ............................

Here is a bit of fun on the subject.
Click here.

Hi Terri
What a neat picture.
Ofcourse now you know how to build a prop you can no longer use an aftermarket or plastic ones they all must be hand made.


Chris

Thanks Stephen for the Link , I total forgot about one !

Nice to have a recap on things which we forget about most times ( mostly me ) .

hi terri,

they have one of these unshaped props in its "mould" at RAF Hendon in the uk



paul