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| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 05-May-17 21:35 |  | | Views : 324 | | Gentlemen, the post WW2 stigmatization of the "Swastika" is a compelling subject. It and other "Runes" have been around for millenia since the Neolithic Age. It is a Sanskrit good luck symbol used in many cultures. There is a small town in Northern Ontario near Kirkland Lake called Swastika, founded in 1908 and named for the Swastika Gold Mine which started in 1907 (which started the big gold rush in the area by the way), and this town has not had to change its name. Lots about the Swastika in this Russian documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUpPwyyvLw |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 05-May-17 14:14 |  | | Views : 282 | | MANDRAKE and BLOODROOT giant super Cyber Soldier Engineers beam back from the future in their "captured" MIG 17, to examine the Prototype AXIAL Propeller. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 04-May-17 20:52 |  | | Views : 273 | | Prototype practice Axial prop for 200 hp BMW engine is finished and sanded to 320 grit. I hope to duplicate this on my good laminated prop block. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 04-May-17 15:51 |  | | Views : 286 | | Prop front is on correctly this shot - it seems to balance on a round head pin ... counting the sanding strokes must have paid off ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 04-May-17 15:48 |  | | Views : 293 | | Seeing how it looks on the plane - Whoops - I put the prop on backwards. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 04-May-17 15:46 |  | | Views : 250 | | Rear side of prop - all surfaces have now been sanded to approximate shape. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 04-May-17 15:43 |  | | Views : 266 | | Top View after a couple of hours more sanding today. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 04-May-17 09:48 |  | | Views : 335 | | Bob - this is my most precious family heirloom - an Italian-made Western Style Piano Accordion with 120 base buttons, a "Vivona" Tone Master, built in 1967, that I took lessons on from 10 - 15 yrs old. I got it back when I was 50, ten yrs ago, and took it up with a vengeance ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 03-May-17 16:30 |  | | Views : 297 | | Back side of Prop - I worked nice and slow and re-inked the marks and outlines as they got sanded off. I didn't make any big mistakes - it seems to be shaping up nicely so far. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 03-May-17 16:26 |  | | Views : 295 | | 2nd Stage Progress - 2 hours later - I counted the sanding and filing strokes, say 12 strokes, then I flipped the prop and counted 12 strokes for the other side - it becomes second nature to do that and it really helps to keep things even. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 03-May-17 16:21 |  | | Views : 295 | | Front Side - progress after 1 hour. I got reacquainted with my various size sanding blocks (with fresh sandpaper), flat files, round files, jeweller's file, and sandpaper around a 1 1/2" diam tube and a 5/8" dowel. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 | Parked | 03-May-17 16:16 |  | | Views : 320 | | I woke up early this AM, just itching to get at that "practise" prop, but ran "Trapper" first to the seasonal wetlands, fields, bushes, and forests near the railroad tracks and rail spur. There must have been about 20 species of songbirds all singing their hearts out, echoing over each other, like a clamour, through the woods - when all of a sudden, I heard a bugleing, rattling croak, like those flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz" movie, and looked up to see 2 brown Sandhill Cranes soaring by pretty low, and not flapping their outstretched 6'8" wings, heading SW to the marshes at Point Pelee Nat'l Park or Hillman Marsh or Big Creek Mash. |
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