Re: Cleaning out prop block stash

From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:09:00 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Steve Fujikawa <steve_fujikawa@...> wrote:
>
> I wanted to mention that you can make a really wide PP block by
> gluing 2 blocks together. There will be a small gap which you can
> fill with a balsa block and plane smooth....
>
> Steve


My problem with very wide, low pitch blades (esp LPP) is not in creating a wide block, but getting the prop wood to follow the pitch and width without splitting. I can do wide, or low pitch, but not both wide and low pitch. Cylinder forming seems the better compromise, then tweak out a little bit of the undercamber, which also tweaks out some of the pitch. Of course, with a narrower blade, I don't need as low a pitch as I shoot for with with very wide blade, such as 18"P.
Solutions?
MB
Received on Thu Nov 29 2012 - 06:09:02 CET