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To All:

Recent posts have covered several aspects of propeller balancing,
largely for the purpose of convincing those who have never carved a
prop to give it a try. Posts have dealt on the benefits of using as
many laminations as PRACTICAL, so as to ensure adequate stiffness in
the finished prop. Maple laminae a quarter of an inch thick is the
goal to shoot for but few amateurs are lucky enough to have access to
such material. In fact, most amateurs are stuck with using whatever
is available from the local Borg -- typically birch in 3/4" thickness.

Ask around. Likely you know _someone_ with a thickness planer that would be
willing to run a couple dozen feet of lumber for you. Not all of them may
get you down to 1/4 inch, but you can get down below 1/2...

(I never knew how handy one could be until I got one)

Hang in there dewd.

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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