I watch you and see the saying my pop told me growning up come to life. If you are going to do something. Do it to the best of your ability or do not do it at all. Your work is a reflection of you. I see that in you with ever video i watch. You care about your work and it shows. Beautifully amazing😉 You are a master crafter and artist👍
Alaina , you are so good at this , i love watching your video's , your attention for detail and patience is amazing, i have done some wood working but prefer repairing old equipment. please keep making them, just dont do it to often so it becomes a hassle and run out of ideas ,, thanks
I also like to use a worn piece of sandpaper for final adjustments, especially on clear finish work like that propeller. Nicer finish and lower risk when you simply want that sanding task to be done. 🙂 Keep up the good work, Mistress of Propellers!
I'm amazed at how little automation is used. The profiling saw is the only truly automated process but mostly it's the skill of the maker. Quite impressive.
Thank you for posting this, Alaina. Since I first discovered your videos I thought balancing - especially when you mark areas to be removed with your pencil - was a dark art so I'm very grateful to watch the process and hear your thoughts and detail.
just amazing! functional art, that if not done right can cost lives... no pressure there - you sand until completely smooth and until balanced to a couple hundredths of a gram in two directions all while not changing the aerodynamic characteristics.
You have an amazing talent and love for your work. It was cool seeing you use the Dynabrade . They are the smoothest and most balanced on the market. I bought mine over 30 years ago and it is still going.
I love to see you work with your hair all tucked away, much safer than with it loose. It looks like you coeld do with a air bath as well. Love your videos.
Яхши киз галризга тушинмадим лекин, у'з ишингизни устаси (АС) Экансз к,оил (БРАВО)👍👍👍👍 UZBEKISTONDAN SALOM HAMMA SHU NI UKIGANLARGAVA OMAD👍👍👍👍👨👩👦👦🙋♂️
Oh bless you Alaina, my life is now in balance!!! The only questions I have are --> do you color your hair, or just leave in the sawdust? 🤣😂 35 minutes for 4 post-it notes of sanding. You are the Jedi Master of Propellers. I love watching a true artisan at work. Thank you...
This is just beautiful to watch!! No idea why … Do your hand get tired? I’m 64 and after 50 years of construction my hands are very tired .. Just had surgery for carpal tunnel ( went fantastic!!! Finally pain free after 10 years of numb ))?
When you sand your props. Can you feel the surface texture and density of the wood finding highspots with your hands? Hope you undestand what im asking.
Do you ever make props that are for display?? Like to hang on the wall. Like one that for some reason it could never be put on a plane. One that might be thrown away.
How much Hand Lotion do you go thru in a year, Do you buy Hand Cream 55 gal at a time. I know from making furniture pieces sawdust from sanding just sucks the moisture from your hands. Great video thank you.
Very meticulous in your attention to detail. Fine tuning is definitely the correct terminology for the detail of balancing your doing.. Awesome craft-womanship is evident in the finished prop. One question I have is, are post-it notes a standard of weights and measures?😉
Hi Alaina It's so nice to see the care and attention you put into your work. I'm a guitar maker by trade (Semi retired) with an interest in WW1 aircraft (lots off wood and wire!) Your sanding reminds me of shaping a guitar neck which I do mainly by feel and ocasionally with a template to get me in the ball park. I was wondering as you sand to balance, does sanding at the end off the blade for a given amount taken off affect the balance more than sanding near the hub. Also do you also damp the wood down before spraying to raise the grain ? By the way is the black outfit designed so that you can see how much your sanding off more easily ? I would only wear black when sanding ebony !!! It was nice to watch your video with my breakfast here in Austria, sunny and cold. Stay safe regards Andrew
Thank you so much for watching. I bet our crafts are very similar. Taking material off the end is more effective. I don’t wet them, and black is slimming 🤣😂🤣 hope you had a good day! We just woke up to a cool, damp, fall morning here in the Ozarks 🥰
@@CulverProps I Think i'd have to be dressed in black in an unlit coalmine to look slimmer!!! I hope you don't get too many humidity problems with the weather. Cheers Andrew
So is there a difference between static and dynamic balance as far as the action of the prop is concerned? Since you are taking your balance to the weight of a few postit notes, how can you avoid at least doing a touch up balance post finish, which I assume is stain / some sort of weather proof finish? Additionally how do you judge where to remove material? Is the hub simply a better place to avoid having to touch the airfoil?
only thing i know about planes is at 18 my boss handed me a set of plugs and said change them... no clue what trouble id get into. but your like me. if its not right its not right!!!! mechanic 41 years! not airplanes though LOL
Ma io non capisco?? sempre con queste mascherine addosso... Siete a casa vostra non siete in pubblico. Ma diavolo ma come spiegarvi quando utilizzarla.?? A casa o da soli davanti alla telecamera con la mascherina. Andate al bar o al ristorante niente mascherina. Per strada mascherina. O siete stupidi o l'ipocrisia è forte... Nonostante comunque complimenti per il lavoro fatto. Ma si tolga la mascherina quando non li serve
I love the passion in the way you describe what you. 😊
Love watching you work you pay such close attention to detail.
Your attention to detail and precision sanding is impressive. I love your voice-overs and keep up the good work.
Thank you! I don’t plan it out, I just kinda start talking 😂
Always a treat watching you work. Your narration is very informative. Thank You.
I watch you and see the saying my pop told me growning up come to life.
If you are going to do something.
Do it to the best of your ability or do not do it at all.
Your work is a reflection of you.
I see that in you with ever video i watch.
You care about your work and it shows. Beautifully amazing😉
You are a master crafter and artist👍
Thank you!
I didn’t know that there was a job that could make herding cats seem like a relaxing walk in the park 😬 you are a true artisan and professional!
Lol! Thank you!
Alaina , you are so good at this , i love watching your video's , your attention for detail and patience is amazing, i have done some wood working but prefer repairing old equipment.
please keep making them, just dont do it to often so it becomes a hassle and run out of ideas ,, thanks
Thank you so much!!! Will do!
As always, it's a pleasure to watch your craft at work, thank you. Eamonn
I also like to use a worn piece of sandpaper for final adjustments, especially on clear finish work like that propeller. Nicer finish and lower risk when you simply want that sanding task to be done. 🙂 Keep up the good work, Mistress of Propellers!
Thank you!!
I'm amazed at how little automation is used. The profiling saw is the only truly automated process but mostly it's the skill of the maker. Quite impressive.
Thanks a lot. Now I'll have nightmares about Marvel balancing main rotor blades lol. Great videos, I need to watch yours about coating .
😂
Hello Alaina, I love it to see a craftswomen at work. Greetz from The Netherlands.
Hi!!! Thank you for watching!
awesome work, really enjoy your videos! I was surprised you find your channel on the tube! almost neighbors! your manufacturing process is so unique!
Thank you! It’s a baby channel, but it’s fun
Thanks for letting us watch the balancing process. You have a pleasantly peaceful voice, btw.
Thank you!!!
Perfection at it's finest !!!!! I Love the video !!!!! I Hope You Have A Great Day !!!! 😀
Thank you!!
Alaina your videos are so entertaining.
Your gifted with absolutely brilliant skills to achieve the perfect balance.
Take care & stay safe 😷🇬🇧
Thank you! We are doing great thankfully. 🥰😁
Thank you for posting this, Alaina. Since I first discovered your videos I thought balancing - especially when you mark areas to be removed with your pencil - was a dark art so I'm very grateful to watch the process and hear your thoughts and detail.
Thank you for watching!
Amazing work!
just amazing! functional art, that if not done right can cost lives... no pressure there - you sand until completely smooth and until balanced to a couple hundredths of a gram in two directions all while not changing the aerodynamic characteristics.
Thank you!
You have an amazing talent and love for your work. It was cool seeing you use the Dynabrade . They are the smoothest and most balanced on the market. I bought mine over 30 years ago and it is still going.
I love the Dynabrade too! I need to send mine in to get rebalanced. They are so light weight.
You do such great work
Oh happy to see a long video again! I love watching you do your work.
Thank you!! 😁
You reallyy know what you're doing... a pleasure to watch.
I learned a little in the last 15 years 😁
fantastic work, very illustrative.👍
Wow. whoever gets one of your props gets a very detailed piece of working art.
Thank you!
I love to see you work with your hair all tucked away, much safer than with it loose.
It looks like you coeld do with a air bath as well.
Love your videos.
Wow! Amazing!!!
Nice video.
You make it look and sound so easy. We know it's not. Nicely done.
I really enjoy the longer vids.
Яхши киз галризга тушинмадим лекин, у'з ишингизни устаси (АС) Экансз к,оил (БРАВО)👍👍👍👍 UZBEKISTONDAN SALOM HAMMA SHU NI UKIGANLARGAVA OMAD👍👍👍👍👨👩👦👦🙋♂️
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Nice to see the wood stove pumping out the heat.
It feels so good!
What are you looking for on the vertical balance? It's easy to see in the video the horizontal balance but not the verical.
It has to stay perfect as well, if it isn’t, then it is usually weight in the hub area that needs to come out
Oh bless you Alaina, my life is now in balance!!!
The only questions I have are --> do you color your hair, or just leave in the sawdust? 🤣😂
35 minutes for 4 post-it notes of sanding. You are the Jedi Master of Propellers.
I love watching a true artisan at work. Thank you...
😂🤣 I do wash it. Especially the days I sand mahogany, I’m not into being a brunette/red head. Thank you for your humor, I love it!! 😁🤣
Jedi Mistress! 🙂
wao what a really great woman.... awesome...
Дик йар хьун
Well done
I wander if will this prop really be used 4 some airplane?) Or it may just live as a souvenir?
Real airplanes
not only inertial moment balance are required such as friction, angle of attack and others
Hi
I have a Question : Don,t you balance the hub at 11:00 and 1:00 . Just asking
THX
Michel
Vertically and horizontally
Nice job!. Did you like woodwork at school? My son hated it because he reckons it was too much sanding :-)
Lol, I am in love with so many elements of my job that although sanding is horrible, I enjoy it because it gets me what I want. Lol
I'd love to work in your shop. Would be an honour to learn from the master. Wood is wonderful thing to create from
It is a wonderful medium
This is just beautiful to watch!! No idea why …
Do your hand get tired?
I’m 64 and after 50 years of construction my hands are very tired ..
Just had surgery for carpal tunnel ( went fantastic!!! Finally pain free after 10 years of numb ))?
I do a lot of yoga, it helps keep all my tendons stretched, but I am starting to have a little pain in my hands
When you sand your props. Can you feel the surface texture and density of the wood finding highspots with your hands? Hope you undestand what im asking.
Yes I can.
Most of the time, better than I can see them
@@CulverProps thats a true crafters perk😉
Very nice
Do you ever make props that are for display?? Like to hang on the wall. Like one that for some reason it could never be put on a plane. One that might be thrown away.
Sure do!
@@CulverProps what would you charge for them
How much Hand Lotion do you go thru in a year, Do you buy Hand Cream 55 gal at a time. I know from making furniture pieces sawdust from sanding just sucks the moisture from your hands. Great video thank you.
None, lol in the winter I will use the “working hands” paste stuff (my dad gets it for me 😂)
Very meticulous in your attention to detail. Fine tuning is definitely the correct terminology for the detail of balancing your doing.. Awesome craft-womanship is evident in the finished prop. One question I have is, are post-it notes a standard of weights and measures?😉
Lol! Thank you. I calibrate each post it note for accuracy 🤓🤣☺️
Hi Alaina It's so nice to see the care and attention you put into your work. I'm a guitar maker by trade (Semi retired) with an interest in WW1 aircraft (lots off wood and wire!) Your sanding reminds me of shaping a guitar neck which I do mainly by feel and ocasionally with a template to get me in the ball park. I was wondering as you sand to balance, does sanding at the end off the blade for a given amount taken off affect the balance more than sanding near the hub. Also do you also damp the wood down before spraying to raise the grain ? By the way is the black outfit designed so that you can see how much your sanding off more easily ? I would only wear black when sanding ebony !!! It was nice to watch your video with my breakfast here in Austria, sunny and cold. Stay safe regards Andrew
Thank you so much for watching. I bet our crafts are very similar. Taking material off the end is more effective. I don’t wet them, and black is slimming 🤣😂🤣 hope you had a good day! We just woke up to a cool, damp, fall morning here in the Ozarks 🥰
@@CulverProps I Think i'd have to be dressed in black in an unlit coalmine to look slimmer!!! I hope you don't get too many humidity problems with the weather. Cheers Andrew
So is there a difference between static and dynamic balance as far as the action of the prop is concerned? Since you are taking your balance to the weight of a few postit notes, how can you avoid at least doing a touch up balance post finish, which I assume is stain / some sort of weather proof finish? Additionally how do you judge where to remove material? Is the hub simply a better place to avoid having to touch the airfoil?
Dynamic balance has to happen on the engine
That's seems to be a really large prop. You make it look so easy.
Did you ever learn to fly the backyard flyer?
Not yet, but soon
I get asked often why I keep so much used sandpaper. Sometimes new sandpaper is too new.
It’s true, even the finest grit can be too aggressive when it’s new.
A woman's intuition is what that prop needed. Show them how it's done Alaina.
😁😁😁
Just curious… Why no safety glasses in any of your videos, which I surmise is a reflection of a normal workday?
I use them when they are necessary
You really can see where you dust off your hands! Good deal! Efficient. Like I would do and I use 6 inch da folded in half for my go to paper.
Lol, yeah, always trying to find a clean place to wipe them 😂
Belo trabalho muito profissional parabéns!
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Did you ever receive a box of pencils I sent you. I hope you kept busy over the last 18 months or so. Stay well and be successful.
Yes!!! I could not find the text and recall who had said they were sending them. Thank you so much!! 😁❤️
@@CulverProps You're welcome
Quick and shoddy wins. Artists always suffer. ( Calvin and Hobbs never built a propeller. )
It’s true!!
only thing i know about planes is at 18 my boss handed me a set of plugs and said change them... no clue what trouble id get into. but your like me. if its not right its not right!!!! mechanic 41 years! not airplanes though LOL
Yep! It has to be right!
Do you make small props 26 9. 27 8
Not usually
Why wood for propellers? Boats use metal ones.
They are light weight and affordable, they run smoother also.
Древесная пыль, открытый огонь, всё для того, чтобы взорвать помещение! Так пропеллеры не балансируют!!!!!
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Im a bigger fan than that prop.
Hey my beauty 😗😗😗😗😗 i love this women ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
What happened to the service wife that was helping you***DR KEL
She decided she this wasn’t for her lol
@@CulverProps what is the approx. weight of a glued up prop?? also what brand of glue do you use?? DR KEL
Ma io non capisco??
sempre con queste mascherine addosso... Siete a casa vostra non siete in pubblico.
Ma diavolo ma come spiegarvi quando utilizzarla.?? A casa o da soli davanti alla telecamera con la mascherina. Andate al bar o al ristorante niente mascherina. Per strada mascherina. O siete stupidi o l'ipocrisia è forte...
Nonostante comunque complimenti per il lavoro fatto.
Ma si tolga la mascherina quando non li serve
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