The JCT propeller making team

[pipemakermike]

A force to be feared when the new props are finished

[Peter Ferguson]

thats my facebook photo , has been for years. I'm the good looking one.

[Jim Kraft]

It's pretty simple really, you just carve away everything that is not a prop. If the JCT can do it, anybody can.

[Howard Rush]

Yes, the JCT hired Lilliputians to make our props, but lately we're outsourcing the props to Canada.

[Dave_Trible]

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[Larry Wong]

Look's like the Canadian's got it right. now for 2014 New Top Guns.     

[Peter Grabenstein]

Yes, the JCT hired Lilliputians to make our props, but lately we're outsourcing the props to Canada.

Yep, just cut em down to 11.5 or 12.0 size and repitch them under hot watersteam to 4.5 .
Then you good to go  .
Not to forget the bushing for crankshaft at the hub and balancing .

Impacts zijn oranje  ,
Noblers zijn blauw  ,
Wooden props zijn brown  ,
JCT props wont let you down  .

   

[Douglas Ames]

Looks like the little blocks are clamping shims as each layer is glued & clamped separately. Interesting.

[RknRusty]

I had no idea that is how a prop is built up. Thanks for posting.

Rusty

[Steve Helmick]

It appears that the boys are making LH & RH props, maybe. Like the Canadian Propeller Works (CPW).

I'm thinking that the boys (couldn't be the Wrights?) bandsawed out the laminations, and made the little blocks to index the laminations one to another, not clamping them (?). The blocks would probably have been made on a table saw. Looks like the guy on the right is knocking the blocks off, while the guy on the left is planing the laminations into a RevUp.  Steve

[Douglas Ames]

It appears that the boys are making LH & RH props, maybe. Like the Canadian Propeller Works (CPW).

I'm thinking that the boys (couldn't be the Wrights?) bandsawed out the laminations, and made the little blocks to index the laminations one to another, not clamping them (?). The blocks would probably have been made on a table saw. Looks like the guy on the right is knocking the blocks off, while the guy on the left is planing the laminations into a RevUp.  Steve

Could be. The layers can move around while being clamped, had that happen on some profile engine doublers in the past.

[john e. holliday]

I can't find it now, but there was a video on making  those old wooden props on You Tube at one time.