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Guillows Series 800 - Sopwith Camel by John M Oshust. Viewed 1131 times. Build Thread Next Prev Click image to return. Image Comments John M Oshust 04-May-07 19:27 Before and after. From walnut blank to finished, balanced prop with brass bearing, a little over ten hours. mattolson 05-May-07 20:11 Any good tips on carving propellers? I'm starting the 3 blade for my spitfire. mo John M Oshust 05-May-07 21:28 Years ago I bought a small drill press. A drill or dremwl could work. I purchased an assortment of drum sanders. Looked at the Guillows prop and started sanding! A little filing and sanding and it worked! Xanadu 06-May-07 00:46 With the Spitfire plans there is a template of the prop. Make a photocopy of it, then cut the side and front views out, use them as templates. The Guillows prop is not scale or even close to what the Spitfire had, but the templates provided are much better. Hard to explain, but you have to visulize the end result so you can acheive it. Take your time, do one blade at a time, then glue them onto the mainhub after. You need to carve a "twist" into the prop and taper the edges to match the templates. I carve my Stuka prop in this manner. mattolson 06-May-07 16:24 Thanks for the tips. I think the "twist" is what is gonna get me. I'm not a great mechanical visualizer even though I am an engineer...electrical. Well at least I have plenty of balsa and I have a number of kits I will be needing props for, so I'll have to learn it sometime! Please sign in to comment on this image.