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  1. Mar 4, 2023, 07:11 PM #1
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    That would be a large DC motor...
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    Propeller grinder inspects a blade. Hartford, CT. June, 1942.

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    Looks like he's balancing it. Notice the fingertips. Must have a deep slot in the floor of the shop.
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    That's just a single blade of a multi blade setup...
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    Agreed.
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    That's just a single blade of a multi blade setup...
    It's set up on a knife edge arrangement for static balance, just like grinding wheels. The center to right takes one end with prop laid down, guarantee that shroud to left houses a profiling template and sander, judging by tool marks.

    1942, one out of how many propellers 3 something years?
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    Workers installing a new drive motor rotor at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. Aliquippa, PA. 1953.

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    Printers at the International Association of Machinists. Washington, D.C. January, 1922.

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    Construction crew at Mesta Machine Company. March, 1918. West Homestead, PA.

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    Mesta Machine Company foundry department. West Homestead, PA.

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