Zeb
02-03-2007, 07:50 PM
Can anyone offer any info on this?
I have a 3-bladed wooden prop about 90 cm in radius (roughly 6 ft diameter). There are no decals or other ids, and no metal whatsoever. At the hub, which has 8 bolt holes, each of the 3 blades is joined to the others--thick-wise--through 5 interleaving dovetails (10 total interleaving at each joint). All surfaces show evidence of hand finishing.
It was bought in Baton Rouge about 10 years ago by a Cajun lady who passed it on to me. She apparently bought it at an auction that was represented to her as the contents of a container that arrived in Baton Rouge from France.
Any ideas?
--Zeb
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/Propforum/3bladedprop1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/Propforum/3bladedprop2.jpg
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I have a 3-bladed wooden prop about 90 cm in radius (roughly 6 ft diameter). There are no decals or other ids, and no metal whatsoever. At the hub, which has 8 bolt holes, each of the 3 blades is joined to the others--thick-wise--through 5 interleaving dovetails (10 total interleaving at each joint). All surfaces show evidence of hand finishing.
It was bought in Baton Rouge about 10 years ago by a Cajun lady who passed it on to me. She apparently bought it at an auction that was represented to her as the contents of a container that arrived in Baton Rouge from France.
Any ideas?
--Zeb
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/Propforum/3bladedprop1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/Propforum/3bladedprop2.jpg
Images added for Zeb.