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Herr Engineering HRR 105, Fokker D-7 by LASTWOODSMAN. Viewed 271 times.
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| LASTWOODSMAN | 03-May-17 16:30 | | 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. |
| rgood | 03-May-17 19:49 | | This looks very good - I always start with the LE too, when will you bore the central hole? |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 03-May-17 21:08 | | Mr. Good - right now the practice prop has a Round Head Pin hole 0.023" in diameter, and so do the 0.0035" thick Vellum Tracing Paper outlines, in order to center them to the prop block to trace the outlines onto the balsa block. Since it will be hooked up to rubber band power, I first will stain and clear coat the finished Laminated Prop, and then I will widen the hole to 3/64" (0.0469"), put in a new 3/64" prop hook wire first through the removable nose block, then through the kit supplied Thrust Bearing (3/64" hole), then through a couple of small brass Flat Washers, then through the prop from the rear, and then bend a little "L" to the front of the straight prop wire sticking out past the prop face, and press this little "L", flat, into a groove on the face of the prop hub, then 5 min Epoxy, and then glue on a nice flat metal prop Hub Plate to hide the "L" of the prop shaft. |
| rgood | 03-May-17 22:18 | | Thanks for that LW - by the way my name is Bob! |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 03-May-17 22:58 | | Why, thank you Bob - you may call me any name you want ... |
| rgood | 03-May-17 23:53 | | Did you ever hear any recordings of Tolleffson - a great accordian player of the 50's - he did some great clasiical stuff, Beethoven Brahms etc,etc? I did a little accordian playing in the early 60's (La Paloma etrc. etc.) - never quite got at home on the 180 bass that I owned - Thats when I started on the 'cello. |
| rgood | 03-May-17 23:55 | | Where is your home LW? |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 04-May-17 09:33 | | Bob - I now live in my hometown of Windsor, Ontario (beside Detroit, Michigan), but I worked for many years way up north all across Northern Ontario, from Sioux Lookout in the NW to Kirkland Lake in the east, in the Mining/Metallurgy, Pulp and Paper, and Environmental Industries. I was a Lumberjack at 19 in the old Permanent Logging Camps (they are all gone now), four hours drive into the bush north of Thunder Bay. I even fought forest fires and was a Fishing Guide on the vast big water of Lac Seul out of Sioux Lookout, and guided Fly-in trips with Beaver A/C to very remote inaccessible lakes even further up, for the rich American fisherman - the best job I ever had in my life ... |
| John M Oshust | 04-May-17 21:15 | | LW, You have never flown a Beaver but have you had one for dinner? I know trappers not only coveted beavers for their fur but found them a great tasting source of protein! |
| LASTWOODSMAN | 04-May-17 21:26 | | Never a dinner with all the trimmings - ate a couple of beaver sandwiches on the trapline once - nothing great - quite stringy actually. |
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