Mounting prop on wall
06-13-2012 | 08:39 AM
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Mounting prop on wall
HEy everyone,
I've got an old prop that I'm going to mount in my "man cave" on the wall. Unfortunately, there is no stud in the center of the wall to center the prop hub on. What I'm thinking is getting some sort of "J" hook, mounting them on the studs, and then centering the prop on those.
Any other ideas? It's a heavy, metal prop.
I've got an old prop that I'm going to mount in my "man cave" on the wall. Unfortunately, there is no stud in the center of the wall to center the prop hub on. What I'm thinking is getting some sort of "J" hook, mounting them on the studs, and then centering the prop on those.
Any other ideas? It's a heavy, metal prop.
06-13-2012 | 08:54 AM
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Maybe go to Home Depot and look at pipe flanges. Take a piece of paper with a trace of the hub on it, find a flange, get a couple of stainless steel bolts to hold them together. If there are no flanges that match the prop hole for hole (probably not), get a large PVC flange and drill a suitable hole pattern. Maybe paint the flange flat black. If the prop is heavy you are going to need to drive a big lag screw into a wall stud to hold the flange/ prop up there. Good luck! Great fun.
06-17-2012 | 08:14 PM
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I once saw a old photo of a prop on a balance with a bloke attacking.. eh hum.. balancing it with a spoke shave. Had a quick google and couldn't find the photo as the search is corrupted by model air-craft enthusiasts failing to use the word 'model' in the description, but essentially its the same critter only scaled up.
It's going to be a great piece for the man-cave no matter how you mount it
It's going to be a great piece for the man-cave no matter how you mount it
07-02-2012 | 07:31 AM
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I found a nose cone to a 1959 Beech TravelAir at an antique store. Thinking of mounting it over a bar/in the man cave. Does anyone know if many of these are still flying? I saw that only around 700 were made in the first place. Do any of you have one or fly one? So far I haven't been able to find a nice photo of it from the front. Eventually when I have (alot) more space, I'd like to have the photo made into a large poster/sticker/fathead thing and then put the nose cone over it.
I found a nose cone to a 1959 Beech TravelAir at an antique store. Thinking of mounting it over a bar/in the man cave. Does anyone know if many of these are still flying? I saw that only around 700 were made in the first place. Do any of you have one or fly one? So far I haven't been able to find a nice photo of it from the front. Eventually when I have (alot) more space, I'd like to have the photo made into a large poster/sticker/fathead thing and then put the nose cone over it.
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