dinks

[oGaryo]

hi, I've inherited some minor dinks in the stainless prop on the boat and if honest, added a couple of my own. Two of the 3 blades have a small area about half a cm that is flattened at the edge so you can feel a lip when running your hand across the flat of the blade.. Should these be filed down or left as is? Thanks for the advice

 

[Wiggo]

File 'em down.

 

[seamaster30]

File 'em down.

Would that not throw the prop out of balance?
Admittedly the flats may have a similar impact, but I would either send it for a proper repair and balance, or if there are no side affects as is, leave well alone.
The laws of Sod dictate that after a repair you will ground it with major damage.

 

[Wiggo]

I'd settle for a smoother blade with less turbulence rather than a mangled one any day. The amount of meat you'd remove with a file would make sod all difference to the balance, given that you've already disturbed it slightly by cauliflowering the thing in the first place.

 

[BartW]

I would "hammer" it down,
put the blade on a flat metal surface, and slam it with a hammer, in a way that the blade gets the orriginal shape as good as possible, and as smooth as possible,
this way you would keep the same amount of material, and disturb the ballance only minimal.

 

[oGaryo]

I was going to file it down tonight with the same thoughts as Graham, it'd be a smidgen of metal I'd be removing so surely wouldn't affect the balance.. however, somewhere tucked away in the dark recesses of an overcrowded garage, is a full planishing kit that I used to sort out a dent in my lad's car a a while back.. I may give that a go..


"p a u s e s f o r a m i n u t e or t w o"


nah, s*d it, that means taking the prop off and I'm already hacked off having to turning the garage in to a gym this weekend.....

.... now where did I put that file ;-)

 

[Elessar]

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