[Shop-talk] Shipping antique wooden propellers

Sun Apr 10 06:50:30 MDT 2022

Those look amazing, and with the family connection, they are beyond
priceless.  Thanks for sharing with us!

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 08:37 Jim Stone <1789alpine at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike: that was actually my original plan, at least for the non-west coast
> props.  Unfortunately, while I do have a pickup, it is a Honda Ridgeline
> and the bed is too short to safely transport most of them.  That said,
> Moose’s generous offer (this is definitely the most incredible email list
> ever!) might change the dynamics.  Moose: Thank you!!  I am just about to
> leave the house to go do some handyman work for my daughter, but will
> contact you separately later today.
>
> Also, for anyone interested, here are a couple of photos.  I kept out some
> of the details trying to keep the initial post as focused on the question
> as possible, but as you can see, one of the props isn’t wood.
>
>
> MJ invented and held the patent on the hollow core metal prop.  This may
> well be the first one and it was the only one in the collection I really
> wanted.
>
>
> Thanks again everyone!
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Apr 10, 2022, at 5:24 AM, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>
> The whole deal would be how you package them.  Just so happens, I have
> large long pelican cases that they would fit into.
>
> I would be more than happy to donate any cases that would fit the props to
> you if you paid for shipping.  Once in a case (with the foam around it) I
> can't image that there is much that can happen.
>
> Once of the cases should fit the 10' (I'll have to measure it for sure.)
> and I have another one that will do an 8'.  If you have shorter ones, I
> have more smaller cases.
>
> Just let me know.
>
> Moose.
>
>
>
> From:        Jim Stone <1789alpine at gmail.com>
> To:        Shop Talk <shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net>
> Date:        04/09/2022 19:08
> Subject:        [Shop-talk] Shipping antique wooden propellers
> Sent by:        "Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> My great grandfather was one of the country’s first manufacturer’s of
> wooden airplane propellers and his personal collection of 7 props was sold
> to a collector in Savannah, GA when he died.  I, and other members of my
> family, have worked for many years to have them returned to the family and
> we finally succeeded last week.  We had a family lottery to find them new
> homes and 3 of them now need to go to the west coast, 3 to the Chicago area
> and the last to Kentucky.  (It isn’t relevant to the question that follows,
> but it is nice to add that 6 of the 7 are going to younger members of the
> family that are buying their first prop.  Those of my generation have been
> searching them out and snapping them up for years, and most of us already
> own one or two*.)
>
> Now comes the hard part: getting them to their new owners.  The props are
> 80 to 110 years old and most of them are around 8’ long; one is 10’.  The
> good thing about wooden props is that they don’t weigh much, but they will
> need to be handled carefully.  We are planning on shipping them in two
> bundles of three props (the one to KY will be handled separately) and need
> to find a shipper who can pack them up in GA and get them to the west coast
> and Chicago.  This is a long shot, but does anyone here have any contacts
> or direct knowledge of a shipper that might be appropriate for the job?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> *Shop content: My props hang on the inside wall adjacent to my shop.  :)
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