Hi all,
I few years back I picked up an Sensenich propeller at a yard sale. It is in a reasonable condition, however it needs some restoration. Now the time seems ripe to start a new project.
I will use the propeller for display only. I do like to do restorations the right way and since my knowledge of propellers is pretty much zero, I would like to ask a few questions.
1. After some research I found out that is it probably a propeller from an airboat (could somebody confirm this? See photo Overview)
2. The pin or nail holes of the aluminium ends seem to be filled with metal. Does anybody know which metal? or how this is done? (Photo Aluminium end)
3. I tried to find out what kind of propeller it is with help of the ID numbers but I could not work it out. Is there anybody able to help? (Photo identification 1 & 2)
4. The aluminium ends are ripped at the tips (Photo tear). There seems to be some residue of the same metal used for the pin/nail holes. I believe the top part needs to be tucked beneath the bottom layer and than filled with this mysterious metal. Is this true?
Thanks in advance!
I few years back I picked up an Sensenich propeller at a yard sale. It is in a reasonable condition, however it needs some restoration. Now the time seems ripe to start a new project.
I will use the propeller for display only. I do like to do restorations the right way and since my knowledge of propellers is pretty much zero, I would like to ask a few questions.
1. After some research I found out that is it probably a propeller from an airboat (could somebody confirm this? See photo Overview)
2. The pin or nail holes of the aluminium ends seem to be filled with metal. Does anybody know which metal? or how this is done? (Photo Aluminium end)
3. I tried to find out what kind of propeller it is with help of the ID numbers but I could not work it out. Is there anybody able to help? (Photo identification 1 & 2)
4. The aluminium ends are ripped at the tips (Photo tear). There seems to be some residue of the same metal used for the pin/nail holes. I believe the top part needs to be tucked beneath the bottom layer and than filled with this mysterious metal. Is this true?
Thanks in advance!
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