Such an artist! I have watched most of your videos and I still am amazed. When you put the power to it, I thought it was cutting the blank too much. Shows you what I know! Great job you!!!!
It’s so great to see you back making videos again. My great uncle had a “pantograph lathe” that he used to use to make gun stocks with for his gunsmithing business. It was similar to yours but different. I remember as a young boy going and helping him in his shop and watching it rotating and tracing the selected pattern as it carved away the excess wood. Loved the smell of the hardwoods as it milled away.
Absolutely fascinating to watch you work through and explain the multitude of variables necessary to create a template off of basically a “Barn Find” existing prop. Way more complicated than making a “Yule Log” 😂 always a pleasure to watch a true craft person keeping a craft alive!
Amazing equipment and your knowledge shows when setting up the prop and timber. If you have a chance could you please make a segment about caring of your propeller, especially if the varnish and surface is tired and worn from the years of use. What an owner can do, and when an expert such as yourself need to be involved. At the start you mentioned the condition of the propeller but not what made it non airworthy. Thanks
Im building a similar prop duplicating lathe and thus find this vid fascinating. It's wonderful that you're continuing what your grandad started both the business and the impressive machine. I hope you'll wear light gloves during setup and tie your hair back when things are in motion. Thanks for this insight and best of luck in your business.
Just stumbled across your channel . pretty neat I must say. I would like to see a video of how you got into this , the inspirations and the whole story ( at least as much as you're willing to share)!
I really like your pattern cutter. Very well made. If you have to shim often I have some simple ideas that would make shimming much faster and easier. If not often, probably wouldn't be worth the time and effort to make the small changes I have in mind. Thank you for posting the video.
My gosh that looks soooo much like the reverse thrust corvair airboat prop I talked to you about Alaina! Its just shorter. Cant wait to see what it looks like!! Im still watching 🙇♂️
Really love the work you do, I have been enjoying for a few years now....I think....been sharing your videos to my aviation friends. Best wishes from Florida, Paul
She is so much fun to watch. I have no idea about propellers. Never gave them a thought. But I have a lathe and while searching YT for lathe videos, she popped up and I'm addicted. So straightforward; so pleasant; Seems like a genuinely nice person (Katrina in her cat suit is kinda fun to watch, also). He videos are fun and entertaining and informative and every time I see that lathe is action I'm in awe of the fact it is a home made creation designed by her grandfather. I've seen small pantograph routers and CNC machines, but for the life of me I can't imagine building one of these. I love these.
Nicely done. Could you possibly sometime introduce us to your little mouse that talked very shortly inbetween as you were setting up the distance for the blade to cut? 😉... Have a nice day! 😊... Had to return. Forgot to say thank you for your time and talent.
Wow! Hung a few but never seen how wooden props are crafted. When i was little my dad was building a homebuilt and remember him walking around the house with his new custom wooden prop but later that night my black lab chewed every inch of that fuckn thing lol looked like an old corn cob next morning
@@CulverProps Nah! Maybe for my dad but the rest of us got a pretty good kick outta it. Nobody understood why he was building a plane that was to small for him anyways lol
Good Day Alaina ! I use Plastic Resin glue like you and I also use Resourcinol Glue. I was wondering if you have an opinion on using Epoxy for your props? Thank you very much
Interesting copy machine. Ad minor comments/queries ..(1) you take great trouble to align the tip with the copy centre, but note not all props have the tips in line with the midpoint of the hub, some have a skew ! by eye the prop is angled up to the right because the hub is out of place, a reference at the same hight for the opposite tip would get the original prop level rather than the hub centred (which may nit be correct).. (2) there are large splits etc in the damaged original propeller that will be copied. It could have been good to "repair" it (to get as close to original shape only, obviously not for reuse) before making the new copy?
Well thing with RUclips is that there is no way I perfectly describe everything I am doing. No, the center line of the prop does not have to be in the center of the tip of the prop. There are several prop patterns that have off set blades. The 1909 prop made for the Curtis Headless Pusher is made with 2” of cord on one side of the center line and 4” of cord on the other. But the 3 points do have align perfectly for the vertical balance to be correct. Like I said, i don’t go into incredible detail on these videos because they are not made for exact how to, more just to show people the rough idea of how they are made. Thankfully I have been making them from 20 years now and have a good reputation within the aviation community, so although I might not precisely convey every intricate thing I am doing on these videos, it isn’t because I am overlooking an aspect. And the lathe does not transfer those voids onto the pattern. The pattern ended up a little thicker than the original and I will do a final shaping by hand. I can always take off extra material, and will in the final stages of the process.
@@CulverProps Did you build that copying lathe? I like it! As a motorcyclist machinist I often watch The Wheels Thru Time channel, a motorcycle museum in North Carolina. In it they have a home made cam shaft grinder that works very much the same as your machine.
@@CulverProps So your in Rolla, Missouri! The next time I go to the antique motorcycle show in Davenport Iowa I'll stop in for a visit! At the same time there is The Old Thresher Reunion in Mt Pleasant (labor day weekend), there are lots of old tractors, trains and machinery but no airplanes. It would be a real pleasure of somebody could bring an home made Pietenpal plane! -Stan
A friend of mine had an old wooden propeller on his wall at home, and I always wanted one too, however, I'm not a pilote like him, so I can't propstrike one like him
I would call all this carving is done by dupicarving from a pattern. A lathe duplicarver is done on a spinning piece of work from a stationary pattern. A follower runs over the master pattern, while a cutter does the duplication in a half of the finished piece. The work blank is swapped end for end and the process is repeated, sanded and balanced, sealed and serialized for shippment.
I have an easy question... Why do you rough cut both sides and then go back to make the fine cut? Doesn't the effort of removing the props and installing the props on the lathe four times (times 2 props means 8 set ups) introduce alignment errors relative to the first cut? Does it ever happen that when you rotate the the prop end for end that the prop tip needs a different offset to align with the center axis of the lathe? How do you accommodate warpage due to weathering of the master prop? Love the video, keep on sharing! Watching a master work makes it look so easy, even though I know it isn't.
I rough cut each side to keep the blanks balanced in weight, also I can’t set the pitch until it is rough cut. There is more too it, but just trust me on this one
@@CulverProps There's no doubt there is more to it, and there is absolutely no doubt that you know what you're doing. I didn't think about keeping the weight balanced, and I'm interested to see more about setting the pitch. So many details to consider. Looking forward to more videos! So interesting to see the machines in action.
Nice work. I am curious about one thing. I think you said you would rough cut both ends and then final cut both. It seems it would be easier to finish each end entirely once things are shimmed properly. Or do you shim and offset a little for the final cut passes?
I always wondered how this was done. Amazing how this is done with old fashioned non computer equipment .Excellent.
It's always fun to see someone show skills like these. All the little adjustments that make things come out right in the end.
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This lady has got to be the most glamours engineer in aviation…absolutely gorgeous lady
Thank you! 😉
Such an artist! I have watched most of your videos and I still am amazed. When you put the power to it, I thought it was cutting the blank too much. Shows you what I know! Great job you!!!!
I like how her nails are always perfect even though she is doing wood working!
It’s so great to see you back making videos again. My great uncle had a “pantograph lathe” that he used to use to make gun stocks with for his gunsmithing business. It was similar to yours but different. I remember as a young boy going and helping him in his shop and watching it rotating and tracing the selected pattern as it carved away the excess wood. Loved the smell of the hardwoods as it milled away.
What a great memory! I am going to a gun show today! 😁
@@CulverProps I could probably design you a hybrid lathe taking the best of both designs. It might be a very interesting project.
I always wondered how they duplicated items exactly! Thanks for enlightening me!
Excellent video and the time lapse was fascinating!
Thank you! I try to make them all a little different
Clearly explained and a wonderful example of a copying lathe.
Thank you.
Thank you!
That was really interesting. I would have never guessed that's how it's done.
😁
Ol' fashioned hard work and American craftsmanship! Love it!
The best kind! 😁
Very informative and entertaining !
Nice work! very interesting machine.
Smart guy, he chose the best to make his propeller, regards.
☺️
Watch people build wood wagons, wood boats, & wood props, yes am impressed with hand crafted works, you are great.
Thank you!
A pantograph lathe. How frickin cool. Thanks for sharing such a cool machine!!
Welcome! 😁
Absolutely fascinating to watch you work through and explain the multitude of variables necessary to create a template off of basically a “Barn Find” existing prop. Way more complicated than making a “Yule Log” 😂 always a pleasure to watch a true craft person keeping a craft alive!
Lol, it was a challenge
One time I visited the shop of a guy who made gun stocks. He had a similar, equally cool, setup.
Thank you for sharing your craft! I appreciate the work that goes into making props
Thank you!
"WOW!" That was so interesting. Thanks very much and greetings from Yorkshire England. Take care. John.x
Thank you for watching!
Amazing equipment and your knowledge shows when setting up the prop and timber. If you have a chance could you please make a segment about caring of your propeller, especially if the varnish and surface is tired and worn from the years of use. What an owner can do, and when an expert such as yourself need to be involved. At the start you mentioned the condition of the propeller but not what made it non airworthy. Thanks
Kim Keam: I think you can see in some of the closer shots that the original propeller has delaminated, and is no longer sound.
Im building a similar prop duplicating lathe and thus find this vid fascinating. It's wonderful that you're continuing what your grandad started both the business and the impressive machine. I hope you'll wear light gloves during setup and tie your hair back when things are in motion. Thanks for this insight and best of luck in your business.
Love your craftsmanship. Great video, thanks for posting.
So happy to see this vid, it fills in a few gaps in your how-to videos. So Glad you're back also.!.!
I will try to do a few more like it
In sharing you gain more hearts than copycats. Thanks for sharing your interesting craft. Wish you all the best from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Thank you!!!
Glad you are making videos again, thank you! Very interesting work.
I finally figured out who you remind me of Alaina! That country music singer Jewel!!!
Lol thank you!!! I’ll take that!!
@@CulverProps Youre probably more of a trouble make huh? lol what are you doing up at 10 pm? 😆
Looks like a Banks prop, he made some for me for my airboat in the early 70s, well made n tough for swamp use!
Wow! Glad to see a new post. It’s been awhile!? Good to see you’re still at it!✌️❤️
Sure am!
Losing skin is part of a craftsmen's / craftwoman's life.
Thanks for the video.
Lol it surely is.
Simple , effective and no computer needed!
Exactly
neat lathe, I've never seen one like that.
Your videos are always very interesting. Thank you very much for sharing!
Very cool but I think trying to build a dupelicator like that would be great fun. Thanks for the video.
would have liked a longer video .I enjoy watching start to finish
Really enjoy watching talent THANKS.
Thank you for watching
And she is beautiful too
Interesting process. Not seen a lathe like that. Thanks for sharing.
Very impressive! Using that copying lathe appears to be a real skill. Not sure many have it. I know I don't! Nicely done.
It has an attitude of its own lol
I CAN’T WAIT to have you guys make me a prop for my Pietenpol. Great video.
I can do it! 😁
Just stumbled across your channel . pretty neat I must say. I would like to see a video of how you got into this , the inspirations and the whole story ( at least as much as you're willing to share)!
I will work on that
First time for me on your channel I don't know why I have been following you on Instagram for a while now. Love your work.
Thank you! I get to go a little bit more in detail on RUclips and some some start to finish of the same prop.
I just ordered a kit plane. I will be needing a propeller. So, when the time comes, I'll be giving you a call!
Deal and congratulations!
I really like your pattern cutter. Very well made. If you have to shim often I have some simple ideas that would make shimming much faster and easier. If not often, probably wouldn't be worth the time and effort to make the small changes I have in mind. Thank you for posting the video.
اهلا وسهلا بك سيدي تشرفت بمعرفتك نعم انا معكم 👍👍🌷🌷🌹🌹🌸🌸😍😍😘😘
Clever stuff! Great result. Greetings from Scotland.
Thank you!
That's a really nice job your doing there
Thank you!
Nice work👍👍😎
My gosh that looks soooo much like the reverse thrust corvair airboat prop I talked to you about Alaina! Its just shorter. Cant wait to see what it looks like!! Im still watching 🙇♂️
Very cute n skilled lady
There is still plenty hand work left after duplicator, respect these hand workers.
So cool to watch a Master at work!
Thank you!
Very cool! Excellent video!! Thanks!
Really love the work you do, I have been enjoying for a few years now....I think....been sharing your videos to my aviation friends. Best wishes from Florida, Paul
Thank you! I appreciate that!! 😁☺️
Thank you , I found this very interesting, love your videos.
Such an awesome duplicate,,,l bet the first cut was a little tense waiting to make sure it was right lol great work
Always lol
She is so much fun to watch. I have no idea about propellers. Never gave them a thought. But I have a lathe and while searching YT for lathe videos, she popped up and I'm addicted. So straightforward; so pleasant; Seems like a genuinely nice person (Katrina in her cat suit is kinda fun to watch, also). He videos are fun and entertaining and informative and every time I see that lathe is action I'm in awe of the fact it is a home made creation designed by her grandfather. I've seen small pantograph routers and CNC machines, but for the life of me I can't imagine building one of these. I love these.
Thank you!
Wowww...Fantastic..!!..Linda Máquina como tú...ji ji ji .. Saludossss
Lovely job.!
Nice Job, do we get to see the end result?
Nicely done. Could you possibly sometime introduce us to your little mouse that talked very shortly inbetween as you were setting up the distance for the blade to cut? 😉... Have a nice day! 😊... Had to return. Forgot to say thank you for your time and talent.
Will do! That was my brother lol
@@CulverProps ... Nothing like family love 😊
Very interesting process.. one suggestion, I would recommend using some eye protection if u aren't using any.. Very nice work...
Thank you, and I do 90% of the time.
@@CulverProps it's that 10% that can hurt us sometimes.. God Bless and take care..
Thanks for video. That was very interesting!
Wow! Hung a few but never seen how wooden props are crafted. When i was little my dad was building a homebuilt and remember him walking around the house with his new custom wooden prop but later that night my black lab chewed every inch of that fuckn thing lol looked like an old corn cob next morning
Oh no!!! That’s terrible!!!
@@CulverProps Nah! Maybe for my dad but the rest of us got a pretty good kick outta it. Nobody understood why he was building a plane that was to small for him anyways lol
Good Day Alaina ! I use Plastic Resin glue like you and I also use Resourcinol Glue. I was wondering if you have an opinion on using Epoxy for your props? Thank you very much
I really haven’t played with epoxy much
Good to see the video, keep them coming.
That was interesting to watch, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. Do you ever hand plane a prop to shape?
Haven’t yet
@@CulverProps would love to see that if you do try.
Good job !!
My day usually starts with a knuckle buster as well... LOL
🤣🤣
It's a smart piece of a machine!
I LOVE that duplication lathe..there HAS to be a story behind it..who pieced it together, when was it invented?
If you go to her channel, watch her videos, she tells her story about the shop and Lathe.
Mr. Culver made it, my grandpa modified it
It would bee nice to see the rest of the procedure to finish the prop.
Check out her other interesting videos where she shows different steps of the production from start to end.
I have a few more videos that should show you that 😁
Interesting stuff but I wonder how the rest is done. Long way to go to the finished prop.
I have a whole channel about it
Thanks, very interesting!
Another great video. Can I ask if you have an alternative glue , as dap weldwood is not available in the uk thanks
Yes but I haven’t tried it yet
Great video! You tube won't let me light the bell.
You are amazing 🙂
Interesting copy machine. Ad minor comments/queries ..(1) you take great trouble to align the tip with the copy centre, but note not all props have the tips in line with the midpoint of the hub, some have a skew ! by eye the prop is angled up to the right because the hub is out of place, a reference at the same hight for the opposite tip would get the original prop level rather than the hub centred (which may nit be correct).. (2) there are large splits etc in the damaged original propeller that will be copied. It could have been good to "repair" it (to get as close to original shape only, obviously not for reuse) before making the new copy?
Well thing with RUclips is that there is no way I perfectly describe everything I am doing. No, the center line of the prop does not have to be in the center of the tip of the prop. There are several prop patterns that have off set blades. The 1909 prop made for the Curtis Headless Pusher is made with 2” of cord on one side of the center line and 4” of cord on the other. But the 3 points do have align perfectly for the vertical balance to be correct. Like I said, i don’t go into incredible detail on these videos because they are not made for exact how to, more just to show people the rough idea of how they are made. Thankfully I have been making them from 20 years now and have a good reputation within the aviation community, so although I might not precisely convey every intricate thing I am doing on these videos, it isn’t because I am overlooking an aspect.
And the lathe does not transfer those voids onto the pattern. The pattern ended up a little thicker than the original and I will do a final shaping by hand. I can always take off extra material, and will in the final stages of the process.
thank you very much cn we see the finished product please
Yep!
As a machinist I like this kind of stuff even though its for that "other" material.
Lol!! Yeah, a little different 😁
@@CulverProps Did you build that copying lathe? I like it! As a motorcyclist machinist I often watch The Wheels Thru Time channel, a motorcycle museum in North Carolina. In it they have a home made cam shaft grinder that works very much the same as your machine.
It actually came with the company but my grandpa modified it
@@CulverProps So your in Rolla, Missouri! The next time I go to the antique motorcycle show in Davenport Iowa I'll stop in for a visit! At the same time there is The Old Thresher Reunion in Mt Pleasant (labor day weekend), there are lots of old tractors, trains and machinery but no airplanes. It would be a real pleasure of somebody could bring an home made Pietenpal plane!
-Stan
That was so interesting, thanks for sharing!
Brilliant to watch
I forgot to stop by during Oshkosh. Do you have any updates on the 2 place backyard flyer?
Dad is still working on it ☺️
@@CulverProps Fair enough. Looks like a cool project. Look forward to seeing more.
The machine looks like its thrown together from scrap 😂😂 but what a great job Awesome 😁😁👍👍
I like the way she shimmies while she shims
😂
What fun to watch. Please note the important step of flip the hair then run the machine. 9:51
😂😂😂
Awesome !!! Cindy Lauper making a propeler....
nice video !
Very interesting.
Absolutely fascinating! Where did you learn your craft?
My grandpa
Very interesting!
nice job
A friend of mine had an old wooden propeller on his wall at home, and I always wanted one too, however, I'm not a pilote like him, so I can't propstrike one like him
Lol, well That is true. That makes for a good story
Very cool! Were you on TV a while back? I believe I've seen you before but not sure where, lol
I was here locally ☺️ in Missouri
Beautiful
True Craftsman 👍👍👍👍⚒⚒⚒
I would call all this carving is done by dupicarving from a pattern. A lathe duplicarver is done on a spinning piece of work from a stationary pattern. A follower runs over the master pattern, while a cutter does the duplication in a half of the finished piece. The work blank is swapped end for end and the process is repeated, sanded and balanced, sealed and serialized for shippment.
I have an easy question... Why do you rough cut both sides and then go back to make the fine cut? Doesn't the effort of removing the props and installing the props on the lathe four times (times 2 props means 8 set ups) introduce alignment errors relative to the first cut? Does it ever happen that when you rotate the the prop end for end that the prop tip needs a different offset to align with the center axis of the lathe? How do you accommodate warpage due to weathering of the master prop?
Love the video, keep on sharing! Watching a master work makes it look so easy, even though I know it isn't.
My patterns are sealed and they stay true, the same as props once they are made, wood is an amazing material
I rough cut each side to keep the blanks balanced in weight, also I can’t set the pitch until it is rough cut. There is more too it, but just trust me on this one
That's where the master craftsman part is incorporated.
@@CulverProps There's no doubt there is more to it, and there is absolutely no doubt that you know what you're doing. I didn't think about keeping the weight balanced, and I'm interested to see more about setting the pitch. So many details to consider. Looking forward to more videos! So interesting to see the machines in action.
Using same technique could a carbon or similar material be used, less rotating mass?
Nice work. I am curious about one thing. I think you said you would rough cut both ends and then final cut both. It seems it would be easier to finish each end entirely once things are shimmed properly. Or do you shim and offset a little for the final cut passes?
Lol, well there is more than I can (or care to) explain in a text. Lol you just have to trust my 15 years of experience on this one.
@@CulverProps Just curious as it seems counterintuitive.