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Propeller YouTube Videos

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ROV Thrusters – Part 3 – Testing Props
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ROV Thrusters – Part 3 – Testing Props
I hoped for better performance from our CNC cut propeller. Turns out it sucks. But we did lean a lot about the black magic of propeller design. There are most definitely some drastic exceptions to what the book says. Resources: Ducted Blade and Collet...
Mar 18, 2014
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:25:23
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 9 – Machining and Balancing
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 9 – Machining and Balancing
Done Son! From building a pattern, furnace, melting the aluminum bronze, casting, machining and balancing. ...And we now have 2 sets of custom 37" diameter blades for our Hundested VP3, 3 blade controllable pitch propeller hub. They are worth $15,600 if...
Jul 16, 2012
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:14
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 8 – Machining the Groove
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 8 – Machining the Groove
It's asking a lot of our CNC plasma/router table but with help from Super Dave we turned it into a successful CNC lathe so we could mill the grooves in our home make propeller blades that will fit our Hundested Controllable Pitch Propeller system.
Jul 02, 2012
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:13:49
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 7 – MIG Welding Repair
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 7 – MIG Welding Repair
You can braze aluminum bronze with MIG. I suck at this but it worked. This started by going to Airgas and asking questions until they got one of their instructors to give me an impromptu class on MIG welding Aluminum Bronze. Give me 1/2" thick material, ...
Apr 13, 2012
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:04:09
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 6 – Casting Lessons Learned
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 6 – Casting Lessons Learned
Six propeller blades are cast and ready for final machining and along the way we learned several lessons and got some great tips for our patterns and sodium silica sand from our local foundries.
Apr 13, 2012
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:12:05
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 4 – The Failure
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 4 – The Failure
Our first attempt at casting one of our 55 pound propeller blades for our Hundested Controllable Pitch Propeller system went completely into the ditch, but we took away a lot of good information.
Mar 21, 2012
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:03:53
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 3
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 3
Jan 01, 2012
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:01:43
Hundested VP-3 FR-H Tear Down – Part 2
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Hundested VP-3 FR-H Tear Down – Part 2
After hours of washing, degreasing, and scrubbing we have or first good look and the drive shafts and hub that make up our Hundested variable pitch propeller system.
Dec 27, 2011
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:03:42
Hundested VP-3 FR-H Teardown -Part 1
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Hundested VP-3 FR-H Teardown -Part 1
Dec 24, 2011
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:03:27
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 2
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 2
Dec 21, 2011
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:09:34
DIY Boat Propeller – Part 1
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DIY Boat Propeller – Part 1
We are attempting to make our own propeller for our 74ft steel sailboat because we came to own an beautiful Hundested controllable pitch propeller hub, but it had no blades and getting Hundested to make them was going to cost an arm and an leg.
Dec 21, 2011
Language: EN
Play Time: 00:11:38