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Werner Kleinhans

Werner Kleinhans

CNC Machinist and Programmer
George, Western Cape, South Africa
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Prop Project

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Discipline

CAM (PROGRAMMING)
3-Axis

Material

Wood

Industry

Aerospace
Prototyping
Education

Machine

Mill

Project Details

Haven't you always wanted to machine a propeller? No, me neither. But now that I have access to a Mini Mill I could not think of a better project to test both the machine and my skills. Just for reverence I only used a 3mm flat end mill.

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What are we making?
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1. First, I had to figure out how to mount the material to cut it to the right size.
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2. Second, I faced it down to the right height.
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3. Then, I machined the mounting holes.
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4. After the holes, I ran a 2D contour to get to a known stock size.
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5. Next, I slid the laser cut jig over the stock for locating purposes.
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6. 3D adaptive was used to clear out most of the material.
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7. Closeup, note the line running dead center of the prop (totally by accident)
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8. Finishing the prop by moving up and down with 50% stepover.
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9. Before and after finishing.
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10. Finished with the first operation.
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11. I flipped the stock in the long way and confirmed that everything lines up with the hole from operation1.
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12. I repeated the same on the other side.
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13. Second to last I screwed it down and cut it free from the tabs starting at the tips.
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14. Finally we have a completed prop.
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