Mark Linden
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- Jun 5, 2009
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I just want to lay this out there for anyone that was thinking about working there own prop. DON'T DO IT. I like the idea of buying a raw prop and thinning it out and taking off something here and there to get the RPMs up. But I guess it's not worth it and I see why people pay so much for props from a chosen few that have spent the money on the right tools and ventilation. The next day my lungs felt heavy and I felt feverish. Hopefully I will be ok and won't do it ever again, but I really wish I could set something up so that I could reduce the risk. That dust gets in your lungs and on your skin. It leaches into your pores and you get a metallic taste in your mouth. You would think that they could come up with a material that was a lot less harmful to make these props in knowing that poeple are going to work on them to sharpen and balance. I mean why would you use such a dangerous material for so long on an innocent hobby like this? I'm not placing blame but you gotta think that every raw prop is going to have someone sitting there balancing and sharpening it before intitial use.
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