Re: Ezb blades assy

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 18:42:58 -0800

I haven't made an EZB prop in a while, but I only use Titebond when
attaching the blades. As noted, other glues will shrink and warp the
blade. White glue would also work.

On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 2:49 PM Chris pseshooter3d_at_yahoo.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I use regular old white glue to attach the blade to the spar. I put a few
> drops of white glue on some wax paper, then use a sewing pin to apply the
> tiniest drop of glue to the spar. For a typical EZB prop I use about 20-25
> micro drops of white glue.
>
> I then use a small piece of masking tape to tape the spar (glue side up)
> to my prop form. The blade is then layed over the glued spar and held in
> place with pins. I push the pins into the prop form block at a 45 degree
> angle so that they put a tiny bit of pressure on the blade as well as
> prevent the blade from moving on the spar.
>
> I starting using that method for all of my sheet wood props a few years
> ago and have noticed that the blades keep their twist and camber much more
> than when built using other less precise methods.
>
> I believe there is a pictorial of this method over on HPA in the “sub
> 400mg EZB plunge” thread.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 9, 2019, at 12:52 PM, linardic_at_yahoo.com [Indoor_Construction] <
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I always had trouble with gluing spars to ezb blades the glue shrinks and
> deforms the blade considered using titebond would that solve this problem?
> What are your methods and choice of adhesives for this?
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