Making a Wooden Aircraft Propeller - Shaped with Basic Tools
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This was such a fun project. After seeing a few propellers in the Qantas Museum I wanted to make one just because I liked the challenge and I think they're really cool!
I decided on a 3 blade propeller just because I liked the look of them and I thought it would make the project more interesting.
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This was such a fun project. After seeing a few propellers in the Qantas Museum I wanted to make one just because I liked the challenge and I think they're really cool!
I decided on a 3 blade propeller just because I liked the look of them and I thought it would make the project more interesting.
Maybe a small low RPM motor mounted behind the wall. I think it might be neat while you’re working to see it rotating just a lil. Thanks again man
Absolutely amazing skills you have there! I seriously was glued to my screen for every step of your build. Excellent excellent build.
There has got to be someone in your area that would put it on their plane and just taxi around the paved/sod field. Another commenter already said what I was gonna suggest except that I know how hot it gets in your part of the world, so put a motor on the back wall to drive your propeller and make a slow turning shop fan. It may even help blow off your work table or at a higher speed blow out the shop for you. Perhaps there is a wind tunnel test in your country. Even you could rig up a slow speed test just to see (with smoke) your companies’ (Pask Propellers) efficiency?! Please?!
Simply awesome Neil! What a fantastic project!!!
you could attach an electric motor to it, put it up on a pole and generate free electricity.
the hardware does NOT do your creation justice...something brass (even if plated) would definitely look better.
This thing absolutely deserves to be made into a shop fan, just saying. It’s gorgeous.
I thought that too, but it's designed to move air in the wrong direction. It pulls air towards itself where a shop fan pushes it away (when looking at the fan). I thought it would be a neat ceiling fan, but wouldn't work well for that reason (though I guess it could pull air up to the ceiling).
@@rjtumble ceiling fans also work the other way, as far as i know, there are of course differences, one design should work better in winter, one in summer, but it will definitely also move the air :)
Just spin it in reverse to use as a normal fan. Or spin correctly to use more like an exhaust fan.
@@jaxjackson4100 right, even though i thought of actual ceilling fans operating in reverse, I didn't think about doing it with this propeller 👌😂🙈
was about to say that...
Absolutely awesome. As an aircraft mechanic I love seeing this. To add an extra touch you should drill the nuts on the hub and safety wire them like one installed on an aircraft.
What I really enjoy about you videos is the emphasis you place on enjoyment.
You built a three blader as your first attempt, absolutely awesome, building propellers is something even the most enthusiastic aircraft homebuilders shy away from doing. Wood props generally have a brass leading edge as even a grass hopper can really do some damage to wood when it clubs them at
I would definitely turn it into an old style belt driven ceiling fan. There's a brewery restaurant in my area with a bunch of belt driven ceiling fans all connected together and it gives the place an awesome industrial feel.
That sounds cool! I do have an idea that I may do with it but need to think on it some more. 😊
The only problem is you would have to look at the back to get any air flow out of it.
Great idea. First he needs to strip off the finish, stain it darker, finish it and weather it to look like it came off a WWI plane. Looks great now but can you imagine a pub with ceiling fan made from a WWI plane propeller? So cool.
@@david-1775 the only problem with making it a fan is its made to move air to the back of it so you would have to mount it backwards.
@@rhicks4492 A lot of ceiling fans will spin both directions. Not sure how much efficiency will be lost if you do this.
Next time on Pask Makes : Neil - Makes landing gear "It's just for decoration!", makes fuselage "Another decoration for the shop!", makes wings "Flies away"
Being in Aircraft Mx the last 30 yrs I loved this. A must do now in my shop A+
Never mind the ceiling fan. Make an airboat ! I wouldn't try to fly with a homemade propeller but with a cage around the prop you could have a blast with a flat bottomed boat 😄😄
Would make a good ceiling fan.
or Wall-fan!
Don't forget to sharpen, then.
That's what I thought ;-)
The last touch of authenticity, lacing wire on the nuts.
I didn’t notice that, but I’m not surprised given his attention to detail.
If I didn't know you were talking about aviation I'd be worried.
Yeah and the lock wire must be threaded in a very particular way
I did think about it but was happy enough to go as far as I did! 😊
I was a jet engine mechanic and we did lock wire everything…. good comment and just the right touch
It is always a joy to see you working with hand tools and narrating in lucid, classical ways.
your handmade spokeshave is peeling that wood like a banana!! so much force on the handles, very well made
In a world of CNC's there is Pask, showing us how you can rock-n-roll with your good ol' hands. I love these videos. Side note: with all these wood shaving I bet Pask has the best compost pile ever.
Agreed....this is precisely what sets him apart as a true craftsman.
Most of the wood at Bunnings already looks like a propeller. You did a fantastic job. Love that all you had to start was an idea, an old drawing and a glued up blank. I was expecting it to be like a BIGASS ceiling fan.
Yeah, just get 3 bits of 90x35 and leave them out in the grass for a week, then glue them together.., boom, instant propeller!
It's amazing how much more air a propeller moves than a fan. And the airflow is smoother too, so it wouldn't need to spin at high RPM at all.
Thanks very much! This pine was from Bunnings and I have to say it was pretty good. 😊
@@PaskMakes I usually find the first few sticks from a new pack of framing pine (a layer or 2 down) are the best.. once the pack is opened, and left on the rack for a week, they turn into pretzels..
The boards you used look to be 135x19, which get stood up on end in the racks, if I'm not mistaken.
They are usually better quality than framing pine, but they still twist into nothing better than firewood after a month or 2 on the shelf.. 😉
That was incredible - the fact that you shaped it with hand tools and balanced it with such precision…wow 👍🏻👍🏻 Turned out gorgeous. You’ll probably be spinning it every time you walk past it in the shop 😄
How to shape a wooden prop by hand might not be floating around on the internet, but hand shaping wind turbine blades is out there big time. And now I've watched this to the end, great video, and that prop came out great!
"Is that a real propeller on your wall there?"
"Well.... it's a prop."
you could say, it's his biggest fan! ...i'll see myself out.
My brother is an aeronautical engineer, this is a great idea for a smaller scale bday present. Awesome work as always Neil.
Watching that draw-knife cut through the pine was curiously satisfying. Nice video.
Pask starts a new trend of building airplanes to blow out workshop dust. nicely done, a great project! cheers
I like how he’s like “I have no reason for one, but I’m going to make a propeller…” and then it’s there. Amazing what this guy can do!
Thanks Derek - glad you enjoyed it!😊
"I waynt thaht!" - pask in the airplane museum
I made a single blade prop for a model Sopwith Camel.I used cedar with a New Zealand white pine .I laminated a stripe in the center.the blade was about 1.2 mm the plane was wood with cloth over wooden ribs.We have an Art deco week to ceelebate the recovering of our whole City in 1931the whole city of Napier is art deco mad .we have vitage cars and all things 1930s. we have clothing cars Music dancing Food.
@@zambuc01 Your comment about Napier's Art Deco buildings intrigued me enough to check 'em out in Google Images - thanks for that. My parents used to manage the Scarborough Beach Hotel in Western Australia 🇦🇺 during the early 1950's, and we lived in two rooms during our childhood. Good memories that are still strong today, but sadly it, and many of Perth's lovely Art Deco buildings went under the hammer as _"developers"_ destroyed our history.
Congrats on becoming a member of a rather unique club. That of making a propeller using technology that is more than a century old. My propellers were much smaller, and were used for weather vanes. I used a spoke shave and a draw knife in mine, and some bandsaw cutting, and were likewise made of pine. The old-timer my parents bought their home from shared his techniques with me.
Thanks very much Bryant! 😊
making ONE blade is crazy skilz. making 3 of them is crazy skilz cubed! Incredible!
Looks good! If you ever get curious to see if it'll fly, send it to Peter Sripol. He'll find a way to get it airborne.
Next episode: Making my first aircraft in my garage | Scrap Wood Challenge
Mike Patey: Don't you dare call it Scrappy.
A couple years from now: "Hey everyone, on this video I'm going to build a fully functional Bismarck-class battleship out of scrap wood. I don't know much about naval warfare, but I reckon it won't turn out half bad!"
lol, that would be classic, I can see him making one.
Sorry to be that guy, but wasn't the Bismarck a Tirpitz-class battleship?
@@andreimocian5695 I believe they were called the Dreadnought class.
@@garymarston5338 Epic as hell. I would be eating popcorn with a huge grin watching that mini-series.
@@andreimocian5695 Nope, it was the other way around. Tirpitz and Bismarck were Bismarck-class battleships
simply fantastic! you're amazing, my friend!
Who knew there was a beautiful sculpture of an airplane propeller hiding in all that pine. We just needed Neil to remove all the other bits first. You are quite the artist Neil. I love watching you create.
I generally like all of your content, but this one has captured my imagination in a big way. I love it, keep up the good work
Glad you enjoyed it Tom!😊
I agree! Pask is amazing, but this project hit a little different for me as well
I couldn't tell you why I voted yes to the painted tips... It just feels right. Awesome job, looks fantastic. Hub seems strong enough you could rig and pulley and motor and turn it into a shop fan, lol
Thanks very much and thanks for voting on the painted tips. 😊
The propeller is done. Next project, a matching plane.
Nice project, working with a draw knife and a spoke shave is so rewarding imho.
The scene with 3 pasks was awesome
This is such a cool project. It’s amazing to think that people used to build these to actually be used.
That's fantastic, Neil. It looks like it could really fly. The logos were a very nice touch. You could motorize it at a slow speed for display. I wouldn't even think about attempting something like this. Take care.
Bill
Only you Neil would attempt something so complicated and what a beautiful outcome I love it
I like that the time lapse of you shaping the blade sounds like an actual propeller
Would make a good ceiling fan
A couple of comments:
Regarding the light color others have mentioned, props back in the days of wooden airplanes were usually of mahogany or walnut. So finish is not a color factor.
"The Complete Woodworker" by Bernard E. Jones contains a contemporaneous chapter on building wooden airplanes, including the propeller. My copy is a 1980 reprint of the original by Ten Speed Press.
Thanks! I’ll look out for the book. 😊
As a kid I used to make toy propellers out of popsicle or ice cream sticks. Its about 4 inches long. Carve the pitch on both ends, drill a hole in the centre and voila!! A toy propellers is made. Attach it to a chopstick, making sure the propeller can turn freely, and tie the stick to the bicycle handlebar. We do get other kids jealous see beautiful propellers rotating while riding on our bicycles.
You did a fantastic job I wouldn’t of changed anything. You are a very good woodworker I’m from the US I have relatives in Australia and I am also a woodworker I build model airplanes, very large model airplanes that fly. I learned many things from you and it’s going to help me in the future as I do want to build my own prop with a clock in the middle take care be safe and happy carving
that edit pulling the waste material away... *chef's kiss* (ps make it in to a working fan!)
It would be sick if you made a ceiling fan out of that!
This build is fascinating. As for the reason why. That's easy. You enjoy the challenges of something new.
Your Pask Makes is now flying! Great effort!
Gotta love the Shinto saw rasp!! What a neat project and incredibly complicated 👏🏻 Would make a great ceiling fan!!
Nicely done!
If you liked this video, perhaps you could share it with your friends. Let good people watch good videos.
Thanks very much Max! 😊
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Адвокат Егоров с нами!
@@online12plus nicely done.
Nicely done sir! I think that would make a beautiful shop ceiling fan for those hot Aussie summers.
😲😃this is so interesting! i received a two blade propeller from a great friend, and i will make it a wall clock, you know, they say time flies, so...but with this stunning artwork you created, it can become the coolest wall clock, or a ceiling fan in a room that is always full of people, even just wall deco in an aviation company headquarters...it deserves all the admiration it can get!
Most excellent. Love it.
A ceiling fan would be the ultimate use for this.
Looks brilliant, put a motor on it and I'll be the perfect fan for the Queensland summers,
Wow!!!!
Is your son standing on a box?
Time flies!!!!
Nice prop!!!!
Wow, that is some shop you have, well equipped, clean neat and well organized...
What a wonderful result from a great deployment of techniques and skills. I can only imagine the enjoyment you got from shaping those fins and balancing them so precisely. Well done, indeed! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Owen - I really did enjoy the shaping! 😊
Bravo! I wondered about balancing and then it happened. Excessive, of course. Thanks for the video!
Wire lock the nuts, two by two, for that extra detail. Great job !!
Often, the random projects that are just for you, have no point, or are just for fun….really are the _most fun_ .
That thing would go so nicely on a small fanboat or hovercraft
as long as it was stationary.
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well thats what im building, wish he was in canada
Yess finally its out. I was excited to see this one.
Hope it was worth the wait! 😊
@@PaskMakes absolutely 😁👍
I awoke this morning feeling fine about myself. I watched the Pask man make the impossible. Why am I feeling totally inadequate? ;-)
I would like to thank you for your great willingness to show everyone this excellent work. My paternal grandfather was a Master Joiner and, therefore, I highly value this profession. I am an agronomist, private pilot, I live in Brazil and I study very light aircraft. Thank you very much.
Once again something I know I'll never make but dude. That is bloody amazing as always.
Glad you enjoyed it!😊
Beautiful! I would have stained it a bit darker for a higher contrast with the wall. Do you just walk by it and spin it every time you pass it? How could you not. :)
Yep spin it like an aviator’s prayer wheel!
I thought about it but I may do something else to the wall yet. I’ve had ideas to make some sort of feature to the wall for a while. 😊
Dayum man! I'd definitely fly Pask Airlines, as long as the aircraft was fitted with Pask Propellers! Great vid, excellent work!
Watch out kids! This enthusiasm is contagious.
Easy to notice you enjoyed this one, and take pride in it, as you should.
Astonishing work sir. This is a full watch from start to finish. It is contact creators like yourself it gives me the inspiration to do what I do. From Maker 238 here on TH-cam all the way in Tennessee Make On Brother, Make On.
Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it!😊
I’d be interested to know the weight of the blank after glue up vs. finished product, ie. percentage of wood removed.
I’m not sure what weight it was or the finished propeller but there was a huge difference. It really was quite heavy and now it’s pretty light, I can hold it up comfortably with one hand. 😊
As an aviation nut and admirer of wood working this video was amazing.
Man this is like a huge woodworking flex. Made to spec by hand wooden plane prop. Honestly if i was you i would be tempted to build a whole plane at this point haha
This was amazing! Very cool to watch, you’re very skilled and I hope you never stop!
Make a dome that cover the screws to complete the look. Great job as always!
I needed a good lie down and a cup of tea after watching this video. Amazing effort. Looks great🇦🇺👴🏻
As I am a pilot, I love this prop and her wall mount!! definitely better on the wall than on the ceiling as a fan!
Guess I’ve been following you for a while…your son is getting big!
But where was he when daddy was manhandling that blank on the bandsaw?? 😜
Ditto
Yes, he’s growing fast, he’s taller than me now! 😊
mumblbee bee probably on his PC. 😊
Watching you make this propeller reminds me a lot of tillering a handmade bow. You need to balance and make sure each bow limb is flexing and bending evenly and make sure it is the correct pound strength. Just was a lot of similar things from making this propeller to building a Bow. With both being woodworking it's cool to see how much alike they are
Very nice. I was hoping you would balance it! Wonderful :) Really nice touch with the logos and tip paint. You even tightened the hub bolts properly!
If you don't fit a motor on the other side of the wall (even just for show) I'll... I'll... well I don't know... but it'd be so wrong not to with such a thing of beauty! Keep up your great, inspirational work mate!
When balancing a propeller, get it as close as you can, then do the finish balance with varnish. Or whatever finish you are using. Works great and is a little bit easier as your finish can unbalance a perfectly balanced prop.
Thanks Glenn - that’s a great idea! 😊
Very nice, and it looks so satisfying to shape by hand. Reminds me of one of my first woodworking projects, shaping a boomerang from free paint stirring sticks from the hardware store. I spent so long shaping it and gave it a beautiful black and gray striped paint job, and after the first throw, it got stuck in a really tall tree. :\
That is an awesome idea and I bet it would make a nice ceiling fan for your shop. Thanks for sharing.
Totally need to add a small motor to the back side of the wall so it just sort of slowly spins all the time! This is such a cool project!!!!
That would make a really cool but dangerous shop fan! lol
Very nice. Great work!
That's a first for me, too! I like that you took the time to balance it... I didn't think about that. Amazingly good job!
Amazing detailed work. I don't see much people appreciating the use of Hand tools and the command over them. The work here on this channel is not only detailed but also talks about whether the design and construction technique is authentic or not. I have learned many thing from your video sir. And again. Amazing work.
Great project. It is beautiful. I would like to see it tested on a static engine.
Thanks!😊
Never knew I needed a propeller on the shed wall until now 😂 good stuff mate, very talented 👍
When you want to challenge yourself, you go big, that’s for sure!!!
Properly, the nuts should be lock-wired to each other, at least in adjacent pairs. Beautiful piece of work.
Nice! Makes me miss the good old days of being an aircraft mechanic.
Glad you enjoyed it!😊
Hi Mate, great challenge, I love the fact you took it! Your projects are going more complex and this one was a blast to watch. Have you thought about mounting it on the ceiling as a fan? :)
The propeller looks great. My father-in-law restored one for a friend years ago. The front mounting plate was recessed and he used chrome wheel nuts for the mounting bolts. Those two little items will really set off your propeller.
I used to think that early aviation was all about overcoming their struggles with wing shape but never considered the learning curve (no pun intended) in creating propellors. Now I need to research what I can find on the history of the propellor. Seems fascinating that we ever got off the ground. Thanks for this video, it's been so enjoyable.
I feel like this would make a killer ceiling fan.
Heh... killer.... Say no to low ceilings, kids😁
Been following this one! So pumped. Looks incredible, for a display prop why did you make it so accurate?! This thing would probably actually freaking work!
I would be concerned about the less dens softwood grain of the pine failing and sending the ends of the bldes flying in unintentional directions. Other than wood choice, yeah it could work
Why not make it accurate? He’s not making it to make something that just looks good, he takes pride in making something that _is_ good as well. And if he wants to make an actual flyable one out of more expensive wood, then anything he learns here is worth doing as well as he can!
@@mumblbeebee6546 very true! I suppose it would probably be harder to make something that *isn't* accurate, thinking about it. But the balancing is just wonderfully extra of him, as we have come to love Pask for.
@@jpage5350 Ah, hummmm, I wrote my snooty reply to you before I saw the balancing - that, in my understanding, would not be the correct way for a flying prop: symmetry across the blades is very important then - so balancing is done with weights, or weight removal, near the hub, as far as I recall. Nevertheless… He’s a craftsman.
@@mumblbeebee6546
Culver Props balances propellers the way shown here.
Absolutely amazing! Now you have to build the rest of the airplane!
Aircraft mechanic here! Nice project and a really good challenge!
Tips: For static balancing as you've demonstrated here, use Parallel knife edges instead of those skate bearings. Knife edges have a lower rolling friction and make fine tuning easier. Ensure that your balancing shaft is as straight at possible and is also balanced. I also recommend removing material from the blade hub or the blade tip instead of the entire length of the blade. See below to see why.
There's another part of balancing perfomed at operational RPM called Dynamic balancing. It is accomplished by measuring vibrational forces with respective clock angle and adding or removing weighted washers to the propeller bolts.
Another important part of propellers is Tracking. I can't help but wonder how good the blade tracking is on you propeller. As the propeller spins does each blade cross the same point? Usually there is a tolerance to how far offset the trackline can be.
Static tracking is also different than dynamic tracking. As the propeller is spinning the aerodynamic forces cause each blade to flex forward. the amount of flex is determined by a blade's pitch as well as it's inherent structural characteristics. One of the easiest (not the best) ways to adjust this type of tracking is by sanding the length of the blade, making it thinner and more flexible.
Amazing😍😍😍
Maybe run it up with an electric motor and check the thrust?
Pask: "Just for decoration". All of us: Dreams and hallucinations about making it. I love your videos, thanks for sharing