Propeller Manufacture

There are few manufacturers working in the original ways to manufacture the World War 1 propellers so feast your eyes on the photographs on this page.  The original is on the left and the final new products are on the right - the nearest is the original prop .  Below you can see the start, shaping, balancing, stamping, bare wood and finishing.  Etablissements Poncelet made the propellers in Belgium www.ets-poncelet.com.

The propeller bolts had to be especially made which was speedily done by E C Pitcher Ltd, UK www.ecpitcher.co.uk.  The set is 8 nuts and bolts.

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Reconstruction

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