Prop change

[Shoebox]

Clever homemade tool, I really like it. Well done.

But honestly you have easily an hour or two of labor into that I am sure, plus the actual c clamp cost.

$90 pro tool is not that expensive.




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Nope, about 20 mins. I made the new one yesterday with the 4" clamp while I was waiting for two 10 lb lead ingots to melt.

It's just cutting the piece of angle iron, drilling the 1-1/8" hole and cutting it to a slot, cut the lower end off the c clamp, then weld the 2 pieces together. The hole takes the longest of all that. I didn't cut off the t-handle end and weld the nut on, I want to try it without doing that first.

I have maybe $5 in this. I will have to go buy a couple more clamps to replace these though.

[larry_arizona]

Then for sure you got a winner to market.


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[Shoebox]

Then for sure you got a winner to market.


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I'm not doing it to sell, it's just satisfying to make a tool quickly and cheaply rather than spending a lot of money on someone else's tool. Plus it's not exactly a pro job. It'll work for me.

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Anyone ever have a prop puller pop off and fall into the water? The first time I used one it happened. Luckily it was in 4ft. of clear water with a sandy bottom. I tie a string on it now and tie it off. We are in more murky water with sediment.
Maybe I should position it on the top of the prop? It hasn't happened since.

[Poison]

Anyone ever have a prop puller pop off and fall into the water? The first time I used one it happened. Luckily it was in 4ft. of clear water with a sandy bottom. I tie a string on it now and tie it off. We are in more murky water with sediment.
Maybe I should position it on the top of the prop? It hasn't happened since.

Lol! I can’t recall ever changing a prop with the boat still in the water. That sounds difficult.


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[zabooda]

I carry spare parts also in case I lose one of those parts in the water. They are harder to find. I realized after all these years that the DD or the V drive for that matter is much different than a I/O as changing out a dinged prop on an I/O will probably get you back running where you left off whereas the DD and V drives if you ding a prop you probably have other components damaged as well so a prop change may not do a whole lot compared to the work to change it out. I'm also superstitious so the spare prop and extra parts stay in the boat.