https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f9787077-cbf0-4986-a17e-a4d26628be9c/Messenger_creation_23868B3B-3C41-4CD1-AEBF-56349C08303A.jpeg Jeff Fox - FoxProps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e012cef6-a0d5-4dcb-99f0-356de51900d7/20250410_172450.jpg Jeff Fox - FoxProps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/67dc20c4-eed9-4afb-8431-5d1b8b42d985/20250410_172828.jpg Jeff Fox - FoxProps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b2f4e867-1026-4f20-8a9c-92772e38adad/Showing+gloss+finish+hub+of+Camel+Prop%2C+showing+as+original+stampings..jpg Jeff Fox - FoxProps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/8e7b07bc-f6d7-4936-ac26-2b268523702a/BE2+RAF1A.jpg Jeff Fox - FoxProps 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7022f507-93d9-46ee-8f48-5964342a3c25/stolen.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9c38955b-36e2-4087-90c3-2b21b183c275/VISIT3.png https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-start daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/14a668b6-b91d-4bd5-bdfa-789566424ef5/wood.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Some of the special wood used for the propellers. It includes sapele mahogany, American Ash and European Beech and black walnut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/61aba321-e9e5-4e3c-9b0d-22c02ab74de1/20250410_173853.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Wood stacked up, ready to be used https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ee17799c-13f6-43f7-a9e2-722eb66df665/20250414_202726.jpg Gallery - Start of Process One of the many propeller templates Jeff uses - this is part of a design for a 4-bladed prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/8f8a80f2-6d19-41d4-b31e-78f2e74076ef/20250416_142454.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Tiger Moth propeller template https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a97f24f2-5b55-48f6-b7b1-953dd97ab687/20250418_133934.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Two cardboard templates shaped like propeller blades with markings and measurements, placed on a concrete floor. Left one is for a Sopwith Pup, the one on the right is for a Gypsy Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b92d1123-13e5-45aa-8433-388e4fc335d6/20250418_134455.jpg Gallery - Start of Process If you look close enough you can see the see-through plastic laminate template that Jeff uses to trace the shape onto the board ready for machining/cutting (Tiger Moth prop). Finding the wood grain's centre line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bfc785b6-077b-4d88-a934-7ec33b96a05c/20250409_173658.jpg Gallery - Start of Process A Tiger Moth propeller sits in pieces waiting to be glued up. Also note the "test block" in the clamps - this is to test glue integrity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/edaf59ef-4cea-4e57-acdc-954617ef3182/20250414_201703.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Laminations for 2 x BE2 propellers. Sapele mahogany wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/84b84778-05f0-4406-bd41-cf85a346bf6c/20250414_201731.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Stack of wooden chair backs with drilled holes, markings on surface, and date imprint "17/11/2005" in yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b886ae7a-e0b1-46ac-8197-0b0de68df559/Messenger_creation_23868B3B-3C41-4CD1-AEBF-56349C08303A.jpeg Gallery - Start of Process Laminates for a Sopwith Scout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a0619339-56be-4541-8a35-c33172fb35fd/glue1.png Gallery - Start of Process The start of the gluing process of a Tiger Moth propeller. See the full video of this on our YouTube channel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9c033219-b115-4bc1-b97f-c86fe3dd46b0/glue2.png Gallery - Start of Process Gluing the Tiger Moth propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1a7aed5d-4455-43ef-864c-437caa52dc49/glue4.png Gallery - Start of Process Placing glued boards into the press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6158b16e-b500-40cf-9d76-a97b05da7f03/glue3.png Gallery - Start of Process Making sure each glued board sits properly in the press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/91856f2b-fc31-4973-b148-79cad2e6cd56/glue5.png Gallery - Start of Process Adding the final board on top before getting clamped in the press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b7b14b3f-2d03-4ae6-b603-688ef24c774f/20250418_134248.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Glued, clamped in, now in press bed under 5-10lbs of pressure for around 2 days (Tiger Moth prop) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a346edea-423f-4282-889f-8b58991f4779/20250409_173843.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Showing the hub section of the prop in press bed (it looks like a nice cake!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/772e0d1a-2e26-47bb-bb56-9a30fe6b66fd/press+layer+end.jpg Gallery - Start of Process This is what the tip of the blades look like once glued and inn press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/311e0533-2614-4d51-a854-e0a1bc287af0/20250413_160837.jpg Gallery - Start of Process This was a demonstration of the unglued boards being fanned out in place on the press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/eb057cea-beaa-43ad-bbec-5b4227ef97e9/Messenger_creation_24F0CF31-43CA-48F2-A358-1C31509F7EF2.jpeg Gallery - Start of Process Another angle of the demo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/606961f1-002f-46f6-a13d-277567ff9518/Messenger_creation_315C1152-E377-4AD9-BF42-AB7B45263957.jpeg Gallery - Start of Process Each board is held exactly in place thanks to the wooden braces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/35126251-ce10-41b8-94e6-a3a2dd0a4b7a/20250413_160852.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Another view of the demo of how it looks before being glued and stuck back in this press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/2d5a74ca-e546-41c7-9780-4bdfd91fa8a8/20250409_173815.jpg Gallery - Start of Process The bolts and brackets which clamp down on a glued propeller all have to be clamped down to the exact same level to ensure a consistent clamp all up and down the prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ec82af87-6709-4abb-9766-ec3b11e5e032/20250418_130023.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Glue test block - to test glue integrity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bf8ea75d-aee8-4f24-8e5c-3614cdbb938f/20250414_201808.jpg Gallery - Start of Process A four-bladed propeller with support blocking completed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e476189d-1d12-42eb-a178-520fb10f8cb6/20250414_201914.jpg Gallery - Start of Process A four-bladed propeller with support blocking completed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/396bb5d0-247f-4523-a044-dbd1e821ac71/20250414_201932.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Press bed ready for the prop to be glued https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/31e1bc88-4df0-4d1f-90f7-2e90460d6b9b/20250414_201953.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Birdseye view of a 4 bladed propeller in press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5cbbfcde-6a70-4f5d-91e3-bf82e9632531/20250414_202020.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Another view of a 4 bladed propeller in press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/3e95e008-8263-4e24-8c05-d962f22934bf/20250414_202054.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Another view of a 4 bladed propeller in press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9915f830-9387-4349-9532-7d06cc38f71e/Messenger_creation_5176B3D6-B4CB-4D06-911B-E06695A4C632.jpeg Gallery - Start of Process A 2 bladed propeller in press bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/61b4adab-d308-42a9-8c75-f387c258377c/20250414_202624.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Design templates to hand-carve a "master". This is for the BE2a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/406ca7bb-f66a-4b33-b533-d88192a80516/20250414_202635.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Design templates to hand-carve a "master". This is for the BE2a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7e76732d-d04b-485a-a3fc-66434ea036f7/20250414_202750.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Design templates to hand-carve a "master". This is for the BE2a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1745103095422-RPIDPJC5E4DMT0DAPSQW/20250410_172440.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Once out of the press bed, it gets sent to Jeff's friend Gerry who bores the holes in the hub (more photos of this in the next gallery) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b9216232-cbee-4529-aa26-8a4b4a4219e4/20250414_202835.jpg Gallery - Start of Process This is a "master" for a BE2 (a 4 blader) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9c033868-1af8-41b4-a6e0-af5e51da6708/20250321_173240.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Rows of masters next to the copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/37dd2a02-df25-4166-8486-7ba8f8c40532/8d77446b-86ec-4ab9-8d02-8ef4d95b78fd.jpg Gallery - Start of Process Masters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0163636b-795f-4496-a494-2b9b0b34979a/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - Start of Process CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-raw daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/38c28ac9-abb0-4add-b63f-e8f477511a6b/20250410_172607.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Tiger Moth prop fresh out of the press bed and with it's hub holes bored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/465fdb14-e217-4076-ac30-c4184ec25789/20250410_172618.jpg Gallery - Raw Product This rudimentary prop shape is now ready for round one of carving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b5894ad9-25e4-4924-9198-f2143e01fcfd/20250410_172507.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Hub holes bored, this one is also ready for carving! (Tiger Moth prop - Jeff had 4 of them on the go at once) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ff6504d9-92af-40d5-acab-e7ef80355038/20250410_172440.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Different angle of the previous Tiger Moth prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/27f23996-0bf9-4682-8efd-689457a315c9/20250410_172450.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Showing the "fanned out" boards all glued together, ready for carving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c6cd9f7b-0e08-4c5f-86df-08146cb34cc4/Messenger_creation_F6DDE194-DF87-48B1-B91B-7913671A8818.jpeg Gallery - Raw Product 2x Sopwith Scout propeller blanks, ready for carving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b5e68adb-3055-402e-b788-2a2de78edc62/a3f48bdb-ce07-4ac9-8947-f27a04262bf8.jpg Gallery - Raw Product A 4-bladed RE8/ BE12 propeller ready for carving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/806f183e-9fa6-4a01-95d3-008020fc1a93/20250414_202205.jpg Gallery - Raw Product A 4-bladed RE8/ BE12 propeller getting track-checked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9b22eeef-d799-4697-a8ea-12f86e0469cd/Photo+shows+RE8+Prop+blank+prior+to+carving..jpg Gallery - Raw Product A 4-bladed RE8/ BE12 propeller ready for machining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/74934c95-04dc-42cb-a3d1-87a1fc2b80a9/d3fa7d80-f9fb-4bed-9a78-2fb5200190c3.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Making sure the fanned-out boards will fit into place before gluing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ed8087c1-1c3f-45d7-a017-930c10585d39/695ea65f-5e12-4045-9dcb-3e28f0977c90.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Test propeller for CAMS about to be glued up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0d9e43bf-16ef-4e70-a12b-c4f5ccfe4fba/c460fc6b-31ba-4937-b6f0-7aba486505bb.jpg Gallery - Raw Product After gluing, before carving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9fcbd9a5-0128-4151-98d7-5a20257bef53/gypsy+moth+4.jpg Gallery - Raw Product The bolt holes have been bored on the hub of this prop for a Gypsy Moth. Ready for carving now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/783fc531-34d5-4354-9348-90591d3cf03e/gypsy+moth+5.jpg Gallery - Raw Product The backside of the hub of a Gypsy Moth prop, freshly bored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0439bd0a-43fd-4208-b3ff-c001a3f808f5/gypsy+moth+2.jpg Gallery - Raw Product Gypsy Moth propeller ready for carving and shaping! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/947581a3-ef1a-4f29-8edf-f8cb1fff3980/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - Raw Product CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-takingshape daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0e8e4fce-8344-46f2-afdf-37d75650ea11/20250409_173605.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape The front of the "carving machine" or "copy lathe" - designed and built by Jeff using bits and pieces from around the workshop (even old skateboard wheels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7b0b6ee5-71c6-4067-804d-7420cf1f167e/carver1.png Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape The "master" propeller goes in the bottom, and the new uncarved freshly glued prop goes in the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9f8e9f9c-475e-4c29-9d95-b08768d7d0fc/carver2.png Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A circular saw slowly cuts the real propeller, held in place by a wheel that runs over the "master" propeller, ensuring it's roughly cut to shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/8b10f24c-7b39-4c01-b32e-c721ec100ec1/carver3.png Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Another angle of the cutting machine (we have a video of this process on our YouTube channel) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/cb472d23-f584-48d1-8ee7-f3dbb9acd10c/20241019_115519.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape This is the copy-router (another machine Jeff built). Once a prop has been roughly cut in the cutting machine/ copy lathe, it comes to here to get a more refined carve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1764ee17-01b9-4d0a-a200-a4592ece6752/carver4.png Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape The tip of a prop that has just come out of the carving machine. Notice how it's still quite rough. That's where the copy-router comes in! Only a 2 bladed prop can go through the copy lathe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5d8c8847-8f77-4c66-be4a-7a76fbb6e7fe/carver5.png Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A prop fresh out the of the carving machine/ copy lathe, ready to be copy-routed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ffe6abfd-c2da-449c-92c5-49e53fa63c85/20250410_172813.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape The prop now being lined up in the copy-router alongside the "master" propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/eb9ca1ea-410b-494c-a4b7-364551f77923/20250413_164806.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Getting screwed into place on the copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/95c0952b-1a1b-4cbc-a343-c1049e06439d/20250413_162038.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape This special machine does a much closer and refined carve, running over the original "master" prop and copying that exact measurement of cut onto the real propeller (video of this on our YouTube) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1a6f75da-b4be-4238-b7a6-76fd7404f8bf/20250413_164134.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Tiger Moth prop being copy-routed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/67787ce2-f3a4-4b27-9dd0-fbcddc16910b/20250413_164143.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape This process makes a lot of expensive sawdust! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/05c5a909-f010-4f63-bab7-cd037345f817/20250413_173014.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape What the finished copy-routed propeller looks like. Now ready for sanding, varnishing and perfecting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/af444589-460d-4e22-a0a1-fc1c03ac545a/20250410_172828.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape This is for a Tiger Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ead37ec7-254f-4495-bd70-224e3b8e2289/20250410_173228.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Another angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6843c049-722c-4a9d-8c32-c51f38d131f0/20250321_173155.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Many of the different "master" props - most modelled from original propellers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a2c33a22-08e7-404c-ab0b-31dd18e3d958/41859eca-2fbe-464a-958a-f635e0dfe633.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Master for a Fokker triplane, in copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1e9f7821-8473-4742-8963-f62ce3165b3a/0017____horowhenua_historical_society_meeting_at_jeff_fox_workshop_manakau_10-6-2018__shaping_a_propeller_blade.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape "Master" of a Avro 504k prop in copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/877e5e1d-2ab6-4c2c-8389-e2cb745160e1/20241019_115745.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A 4-bladed FE2b prop on the copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c742a129-52d2-426e-a598-588ee0ba534b/20250414_202229.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A 4-bladed BE2 prop on the copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5863b83a-310b-46c4-89d0-4e6698ebe61b/20241019_115530.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape The 4-bladed FE2b prop on the copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/475941c2-bf83-4fcd-931d-6fda53475880/20250414_202328.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A 4-bladed BE2 prop on the copy-router. One side of blades carved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/31c3fc4b-a994-4d28-8e83-7161292b1fcb/Messenger_creation_1CB3B888-2BF1-4B14-9C64-801A8596870F.jpeg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Another view of 4-bladed FE2b prop on the copy-router https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b941b443-f759-4c23-a5cb-b525ba0967f3/20241019_170644.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Screwing a master and blank into place on copy-router bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/de4c7054-6972-4c04-b98a-8f7edf8490a2/20250321_173318.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A damaged Tiger Moth prop ready for repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a577b341-7382-41f7-a5ee-89ffbf76e98e/20250414_202119.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape The machine that bores the hub bolt holes, and faces the blank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/afc242a6-8054-4aab-86e3-4ddc062ddf24/20250414_202137.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Machining the hub face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6e99b8b2-b56b-4921-b69d-9ff028cba9a0/2facb070-b510-4b34-8fed-d2e2b84b9abc.jpg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape A prop for a Sopwith 1 & 1/2 strutter, it's been mostly carved out but still has a bit to go around the hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/d02df6a0-be1d-45d6-b024-dcb00840fe15/received_392675261658149.jpeg Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape Getting the copy-router ready with a blank for a Fokker DR1 propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/969417ef-0a7b-4f3d-ae19-b18b34593b9a/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - Propeller Taking Shape CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-finishing daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/3a682bff-25b6-4606-89b6-a09db8a5e55f/1aae3e29-8331-4844-9583-32e7996653cb.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A Fokker DR1/D8 ready for varnishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c45d96d6-47e4-451e-9a5e-c2b7a60c6389/2d800074-438b-46b0-bca7-2323af5dea15.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/8e5c612c-f9cd-4ced-93a3-fe5d25841b4c/20c43c78-d4ea-4d22-89a1-dbe62a980886.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/05098dd4-0303-421d-8461-ec0af9f3148d/5f38f369-703e-4304-b428-ec29bd308c6e.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish), with some masters in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/cf8fc53b-d603-4164-9f7d-a7eec94c040d/a058354c-8b5b-4010-8c4d-ebc1ba0c7eda.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A Fokker DR1/D8 sitting in a jig ready for spraying (varnish) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a00d0176-b70e-488f-bff2-69ff3f326015/Prop+on+left+RE8BE12+%28118+DIA+x+118+Pitch+for+130HP+RAF4A+motor%29.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A 10 foot (3 metre) RE8/ BE12 propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/49f06432-274d-49bb-9382-059af061d1d9/6fad3c01-42ef-4b8a-b86e-512ddbba872d.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Clerget prop in foreground, RE8/BE12 4-blader in background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/281beacf-7461-4cab-95b3-7d20b5e8ef9c/471875071_10164775789658625_5808718599820163297_n.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Jeff sanding between coats of varnish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5b3ba3f2-51d0-4bd6-8a1a-6ca074e2dec2/361905767_10162963831768625_7458322539628063133_n.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Scraping blade prior to sanding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/8bf475ad-e0f2-4a6b-be1a-c4e2e251b91a/16e665ab-24be-4e5b-8331-1c7506cb173f.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Clerget propeller getting sanded and size-checked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1711c990-0220-4af2-9097-6b781409842a/941a661f-f76f-4bef-aae0-d2983e0b0bc9.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Packaging up a Tiger Moth prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/11951c90-0731-4aa8-b82d-1f62abf1c4c8/20250414_203229.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Paint finish on a Tiger Moth prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b27a13a7-edb1-41ad-9351-67c9dfc5fe14/20250414_203310.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Paint finish on a Tiger Moth prop (matte black and shiny black) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bd33e650-ef10-47b1-be8f-d5750c4ddd47/20250414_203326.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Paint finish on a Tiger Moth prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/20e3349f-f80d-475c-abab-c02d8e4811ea/160417405_10160853188233625_7247714931983622073_n.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Sanding in between varnish coats on the RE8/BE12 prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/36305189-374f-4319-b996-9dbe2e89bd7d/e1f1689a-04d9-4974-a29b-71004e370fcb.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Rough-sanding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a18e1009-c4f2-4497-a8d9-c0c75090047c/re8+prop.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Matte finish on RE8/BE12 prop. 1933 Morgan car in the background (another photo of this car in the "Bits & Pieces" gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/330d7071-50a8-495f-be6b-aa5408c55ec7/Props+on+wall+Tiger+and+Gypsy+Moth%2C+Prop+in+foreground+is+BE2+and+Mahogany-Ash+Prop+is+for+RE8.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Sanding BE2 prop, RE8 prop in background ready for dispatch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b8780137-e8bc-453b-8e02-ff87957ca369/20250414_202359.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Close-up of the stampings on a BE2 hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5fe18ad9-a4a1-43d2-8446-f159bacb8017/20250414_203425.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Close-up of a DH4 hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/dcdfea65-333d-4cc2-9b88-a7688d035008/20250414_203530.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing (upside down) Prop description stamped on hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/42bc440f-e3db-4afc-9bc8-4c01ec87bef0/20250414_203556.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing (bad photo) but shows the varnish finish and the stampings on a Tiger Moth prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/fcdb8d1e-5b92-42aa-80d1-0b2ed47fdf9a/20250414_203607.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Sopwith triplane hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e9473f69-eb29-4d15-b66b-90b697b55120/Camel+Prop.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Finished Camel propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1aa92ac8-664a-4448-a1a4-ff66abbdc993/20250414_202510.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Finish on the varnished blades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/43509609-cfb7-4df3-b662-73357742354d/genet+hub+markings.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Stampings on a Genet Moth prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6d79bb24-8ab6-41fe-b8e2-2544d434a5db/Messenger_creation_6FD59084-DE6A-46CF-ACB6-BBEA145E7FB1.jpeg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Stampings on the Morane Saulnier prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ec6b22a5-bf31-4143-8d5c-8b929caea2e6/Showing+gloss+finish+hub+of+Camel+Prop%2C+showing+as+original+stampings..jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Stampings on a Sopwith Camel prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/08d57377-56ed-4116-bbf1-a259cfbcdb0b/Messenger_creation_B01C2826-A907-4FC3-AFDF-C61E8B6A7488.jpeg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Brass leading edge and tips to a clear-finished Tiger Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c2887890-a49a-4c21-82a6-5923c9fa8938/cams+5.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Shiny finish on a CAMS Gnome rotary engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/303d0880-5c01-49f6-8719-b3c51685f7ef/rotary+cams.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Look at that beautiful colour and shine! Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/3bc07a72-0176-422a-b013-b0a61f2d15d2/20250630_174244.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Two Tiger Moth props on the varnishing jigs. They are put here to be sprayed, then they're slowly rotated to ensure no drips, an even spread, and a nice drying process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f011abc1-483a-43a8-96f9-3b3cec6c7ee9/20250630_173114.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing The mirror-shine of a Tiger Moth prop... Hub stampings show that this is a bona-fide Fox Prop, below is the diameter and pitch of the blades, and then the Fox Props NZ propeller number and year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/54e33b51-ea34-4f77-8910-e37d5f33a620/20250630_172955.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing The mirror-shine of a Tiger Moth prop post varnishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9276c1eb-5c3c-4354-b8de-90b0fc026d77/20250630_174316.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing The mirror-shine of a Tiger Moth prop - the work to add the brass edging begins. This piece of brass still needs to be cleaned up before it's fitted onto the tip properly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f529c01d-ac28-4d5e-adf1-67b588668fa1/20250807_102234.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Tiger Moth tips. The one on the right has been soldered and filed down (completed), the one on the left has been soldered but not filed or finished just yet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/2e2315b8-d4b7-4b4b-a0de-deb5a18c9107/20250807_102407.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing The completed brass work on a Tiger Moth propeller. The two holes in the end of the tip aren't a mistake - they're there in case water happens to find its way under the brass, and the centrifugal force, once the prop is spinning, can get rid of it through these holes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f3c8f6ae-a88c-4a3e-9c3f-a887fc6801f8/20250807_102507.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Soldered and ready to be filed and finished https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/92b9eda7-19d6-4136-bdda-c2a185bf0a2d/20250807_103327.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing A Tiger Moth prop all complete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e9675df4-eb70-4ea3-90b2-688542195b0d/20250807_103955.jpg Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing Close-up of the filed and finished solder job https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b4679699-5b37-4cb4-be08-6858cd0086fc/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - Varnishing & Finishing CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-finishedproduct daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bee3c4a3-65c8-4d93-8875-b83a295a604f/Avro+504K+100+Gnome+Rotary+DIA2740.+Clear+finish+with+brass+sheathing+%28masking+tape+from+varnish+work+still+in+place%29.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff's first-ever WWI propeller he made - for an Avro 504k airplane. Note the brass edging (still with masking tape on too, this was removed before delivering to client) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/31c19bba-ee6a-4f40-b547-070a4d0f04b9/20250414_203127.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff's first-ever WWI prop, for an Avro 504k airplane. Made in the mid 1990's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/34c9581b-102b-4326-8c2d-f60ae4079257/20250414_201613.jpg Gallery - Finished Product An original BE2d prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/982a7c11-9994-4078-bc92-799689bc1f56/20241019_120035.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Old and new props https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/90c1879f-96a4-4a00-a25b-8e451a106adb/20250414_201750.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Checking laminations for balance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/08aefee8-0c64-4c9c-ba03-910cafd6ebfc/20250414_202412.jpg Gallery - Finished Product 9 foot BE2d propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f227e9a6-47c0-4b1f-ac81-cea2f534efc4/20250414_202427.jpg Gallery - Finished Product BE2d propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/76a2d6c5-f8d5-47ed-8256-19e66c720179/20250414_202438.jpg Gallery - Finished Product BE2d propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e741df5e-4c5c-420b-a658-8e18f921015e/20250414_202958.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Propeller for a 100hp Gnome rotary engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7f6f049b-d797-4bae-a25a-29ccc69c325a/20250414_203017.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff with his prop for 100hp Gnome rotary engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a6098106-0b21-4da5-9f2c-d6a87572daf3/20250414_203151.jpg Gallery - Finished Product SE5a prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b3d6c482-d40c-4ca8-a0e0-a6344143266a/20250414_203043.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff with his Sopwith Camel prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/4083bd76-bc03-4345-9c9e-f56b5d7bf902/20250414_203243.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff with a paint-finished Tiger Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/85260ca8-3735-4e8f-a731-cde2de4fc3e3/20250414_203405.jpg Gallery - Finished Product A finished DR1/8 prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/2dcf5e68-9d19-4c85-8516-f3b000626a3f/20250414_203440.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Prop for a Bantam (BE2 prop in background) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/4c3d8647-c7e7-4a7f-a75a-f6bfda9bdb48/20250414_203510.jpg Gallery - Finished Product An original and newly made (on right) DH4/ Liberty V12 400hp prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a1741084-cd4c-4c7f-8e9f-bd3157018562/67486916_10158783521168625_1448760668726493184_n.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Left to right: Rotax prop, clear-finished Tiger Moth, and Morane Saulnier Type N https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/748b6074-b4e8-4856-87d2-12520a08a6a1/67631266_10158783521683625_2177999480832393216_n.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Close-up of the hub on Morane Saulnier prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9f154b95-de3f-4fc8-8d3c-98f728ed9955/67712392_10158783521483625_8341872094325243904_n.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Morane Saulnier prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7b046a72-612f-49a1-828e-d2930df6bf5f/471633702_10164738488573625_6900664637996218925_n.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Another view of the Morane Saulnier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/46aae8c8-b608-4ee3-84c9-3329019209b4/Messenger_creation_1FE8847B-64F9-499E-8406-246F4B8B95A7.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Unusual shape of the Morane Saulnier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/05e7257a-b0b4-437f-9d26-880592c6ca2e/Messenger_creation_3506EAF0-5E57-4C1C-B9BF-F5D7AC37CE3A.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Completed Morane Saulnier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9de25e37-7bf4-48a4-8a46-28dbc1a0da2a/Avro+Avian+-+Gypsy+-+it+is+for+an+Avro+Avian+which+has+a+Gypsy+motor+installed..jpg Gallery - Finished Product Finished Tiger Moth with brasswork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b9c11cab-1eac-43ef-b15e-c82c4bbc56f6/BE2+RAF1A.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff with BE2 prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/adc4505f-c599-496e-806b-8e3b2dc38fba/be8.jpg Gallery - Finished Product BE2 propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a281926c-afc1-4473-9047-10d454a00895/Genet+Moth+prop+with+fabric+and+brass+leading+edge.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Tiger Moth prop with linen and brass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a7222caa-fdca-4535-9411-7a38d3cffa65/Messenger_creation_86687514-788D-4DBA-B2EF-113C88368A79.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Finished Tiger Moth with linen and brass clear finish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1798bf42-4bc8-4605-8479-6bf33537f2c2/Grandson+holding+9%27+prop+for+a+DH4-400HP+Liberty+V12..jpg Gallery - Finished Product One of Jeff's grandsons holding the DH4 prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ad12340a-06b1-4f73-9ad6-1fb3436d6989/Messenger_creation_7DD74280-4CD5-42FA-8F81-9C3D78A90593.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Trial prop for an 80hp Gnome rotary engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a957fe52-fd09-427a-853b-2ec632058af9/Messenger_creation_108785FE-AD47-4621-97DE-6BB54609896C.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Three Sopwith Scout props https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/87d4f078-e829-4e9c-8aed-e45a8f508fd3/Messenger_creation_685865E4-CE8C-415E-8FC1-EEC3FA755168.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Fokker DR1/D8 prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/15ec3107-c461-4147-af5f-3d006d313e78/Messenger_creation_E9004C85-04D0-4F4C-86A3-AA8429845A92.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Sopwith Pup (left) and Eindecker prop (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/61dd14d0-5ade-4df6-bafa-35eb45bcc65c/stolen.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff with a Sopwith Camel prop that he restored for a client - this propeller saw action in WWI - for the full story on it, see our "Publicity" page https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/54e8c63c-650b-4208-9850-88caddfb7bdb/Prop+is+for+Sopwith+Triplane130+clerget+rotary+as+original+fabric+covering+blades.+%28Carved+from+an+original+Triplane+Prop%29.jpg Gallery - Finished Product (On bottom) an original Sopwith triplane prop, with the new linened prop on top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c7674c6f-0126-4124-b6e5-d3f39672d860/Sopwith+Camel+100HP+Gnome+%28DAI+2590%2C+Pitch+2650%29+after+varnishing..jpg Gallery - Finished Product Sopwith Camel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/62f21ff6-9ba0-4a05-a677-357863228657/Tiger+Moth%2C+Clear+finish+with+brass+with+Perfectus+NZ+transfer+fitted..jpg Gallery - Finished Product Tiger Moth prop for Croydon Aircraft Company in Gore. Clear finish with brass with Perfectus NZ transfer fitted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/fac4b39d-6ed8-4996-8de3-46f0d583a7a4/Top+Pattern+supplied+to+do+a+run+of+replica+Fokker+Triplane+Props.+Motor+is+Warner+Scarab..jpg Gallery - Finished Product Three Fokker triplane replica props (Warner Scarab motors) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e22624cf-7b81-4af4-8c22-9f7dc1be5682/Tiger+Moth%2C+clear+finish+showing+brass+work..jpg Gallery - Finished Product Tiger Moth prop with brass work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/75ae4b94-5e98-4a0b-8d24-a13ced667001/VAWOSXFWRZHJGET5LKQKYCBWHI.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Tiger Moth prop with brass fitted to one blade, still to come on other blade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ca17b3ce-08df-488e-aeda-214b3cce7531/Messenger_creation_DD55E218-DCE4-4B37-BA23-A2342333D645.jpeg Gallery - Finished Product Transporting 2x BE2 props https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/062d50b7-e7b7-4043-9a4a-d613d0d6e426/cams+arrival.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Test prop for CAMS (for Sopwith Camel). Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/45d7fd4b-1112-4031-a1b0-952938722f7d/Fokker+DR1+cams.jpg Gallery - Finished Product A beaut for a Fokker DR1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/dea0ed2b-e208-4773-b914-cee6e0167a18/dbfb13b5-47dc-40d2-886e-73f3c5b5a1e3.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Jeff with his beautiful prop for a Sopwith 1 & 1/2 strutter. In a jig ready for dispatch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/be44cdf4-3df8-40c5-9d0e-319922443f73/44b9cf81-e4e9-4ae5-a02c-f341f5018574.jpg Gallery - Finished Product The stampings on the prop for a Sopwith 1 & 1/2 strutter - same prop in the previous photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/85b4ee63-6004-4e26-913d-a77b762bdb33/20250817_132940.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Three completed Tiger Moth propellers. The one on the far right is lying face-down, showing the dulled polish. If it was just as shiny as its front-side, it would blind the pilot in flight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/2d5070fd-95c6-4fdc-ad04-f9943601568c/20250817_132932.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Another look at how the varnish is finely rubbed down again to dull the shine, but still keep the smoothness of the blade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/391c7a9b-ec15-4b84-976d-ea46ee6baa2f/20250817_133058.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Sticks of beauty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/d7b5fb16-2589-43b8-af02-898213098a44/20250817_133301.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Three hubs - the one at the bottom is lying face-down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f93f7f92-2a95-4e87-b552-b4623aaf8cc3/20250817_133221.jpg Gallery - Finished Product The Fox Props stamping of the propeller, showing the Drawing number and unique Fox Props number, and what kind of plane the propeller goes on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0cd4fb3d-8551-430c-8f64-c7c0677f2ad7/sopwith+scout+prop+nov+25.jpg Gallery - Finished Product A freshly completed Fox Prop for a 80hp Gnome rotary engine that is producing 106hp, designed and made by Jeff this past month (Nov 2025). This will fly on a Sopwith Scout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/3649ee63-ba86-4382-9732-b02dc45f9bf4/sopwith+scout+2.jpg Gallery - Finished Product Boxed up and ready to head to Omaka, Blenheim to be fitted onto a Sopwith Scout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/16a10f17-b4f1-40fc-b7a3-13456bd184f9/sopwith+scout+3.jpg Gallery - Finished Product The beautiful woodgrain of the Sopwith Scout propeller, made from sepele mahogany wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bec47788-7044-44b0-bc78-d03e0461c792/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - Finished Product CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-onplane daily 0.75 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ca38825a-860f-467d-a8f9-b56b5d4d41a1/fokker+cams.jpg Gallery - On Plane Multi-layered prop fitted onto a Fokker triplane. Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ff7f291b-0561-42ff-864b-fae31ae75244/re8+cap.jpg Gallery - On Plane RE8 in flight. Photo courtesy of Classic Aircraft Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/d452eb73-6665-42e4-9350-a16f4290ba84/re8+cap2.jpg Gallery - On Plane RE8 on ground. Photo courtesy of Classic Aircraft Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/92937e61-5839-44e1-bbe2-a74d6eeff2f5/re8.jpg Gallery - On Plane 10 foot 4-bladed Fox Prop on the RE8. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e1dba302-2784-4f1e-b88d-aa3b76c3332c/be12.jpg Gallery - On Plane 4-blader on theRE8/ BE12. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/60884c55-f690-4074-84e2-7882afed088c/re8+again.jpg Gallery - On Plane A close-up of the pretty wood on the RE8. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c9ab3b1e-297c-42cf-a41f-caf1adc2191f/20250414_202534.jpg Gallery - On Plane BE2 prop getting tested by Wayne Tantrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/49fd087c-577b-46ac-ba8e-1be601afe965/avro+and+be2c+cap.jpg Gallery - On Plane Plane on top is an Avro 504k, plane on bottom is a BE2c - Photo courtesy of Classic Aircraft Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/822b70fd-c869-4803-9a6c-04ce70a5f7b8/avro+cap.jpg Gallery - On Plane Avro 504k. Jeff made the propeller, skid, and other parts on this aircraft. Photo courtesy of Classic Aircraft Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/40172e02-2820-4d30-a211-aed8a460b03d/be2c.jpg Gallery - On Plane The beautiful BE2c. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a86e1e5d-cbbc-480d-833a-1c360fe18a73/Prop+on+BE2+bc+80HP+Renualt+V8.jpg Gallery - On Plane BE2c propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5c40b1b6-09de-434a-8234-962b2af882aa/20250414_202600.jpg Gallery - On Plane Close-up of hub of BE2c https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/437c7789-8350-460d-bb16-285234ffcdc4/4+blade+be2d+cams.jpg Gallery - On Plane Testing a BE2d prop. Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1ec5ae35-aeea-4745-b576-49e5304d3413/fe.jpg Gallery - On Plane Prop on a FE2b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/996a1848-3575-4cea-98af-1126037e18f2/0205dcf7-f617-41f0-97e3-09a3a7b86068.jpg Gallery - On Plane Avro 504k https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/045b4275-a574-42eb-87fb-6ab1094824cd/cams+2+-+camel+100hp+gnome.jpg Gallery - On Plane Testing Sopwith Camel prop. Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/07a8a5b3-eb5c-4e3f-900d-e374a265dc7f/cams+pretty.jpg Gallery - On Plane Testing Sopwith Camel prop. Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/9f8a1314-c6af-4608-b348-604898495406/dh4+cap.jpg Gallery - On Plane DH4 prop. Photo courtesy of Classic Aircraft Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/84102cb8-793b-4cf1-8f41-60a21ac293d6/dh4.jpg Gallery - On Plane Fox Prop on the mighty DH4. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c9ef38c2-1be4-472d-8edb-b82360a0ad4b/dh4+2.jpg Gallery - On Plane Brown fuzz that is a Fox Prop - on the DH4 about to take flight. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/110b97a0-3b69-482f-ab67-243c3aa54acc/croydon1.png Gallery - On Plane A Will Scotland Cauldron replica prop fitted to 45hp Anzani rotary, on display at Croydon Aircraft Museum in Mandeville, Gore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e60e8b8a-f0a6-4de2-9669-1fa06cc90c09/db40b874-ded0-4c46-975d-ceb6e0dca15c.jpg Gallery - On Plane BE2f on ground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b8dc1a85-0c51-4bd4-bb40-32f25da070f6/test+cams.jpg Gallery - On Plane Testing prop for 80hp Gnome rotary engine. Photo courtesy of CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e89131c4-5a52-4a25-b3c6-50d42c8eb250/3+props+cap.jpg Gallery - On Plane Motor/prop combination display. Photo courtesy of Classic Aircraft Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b5642d10-f891-471c-bf9c-d4ed2b7771f8/1+half+strutter+be2.jpg Gallery - On Plane Testing the Sopwith 1 & 1/2 Strutter with CAMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5990d1a7-a469-4ee3-a265-2b6b286b9803/447185095_7985681614777229_1344314165789036639_n.jpg Gallery - On Plane Jeff made this test prop for the 80hp Gnome rotary engine at CAMS - someone let him on the test rig! (Video on our YouTube Channel) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c2887890-a49a-4c21-82a6-5923c9fa8938/cams+5.jpg Gallery - On Plane A close-up of the immaculate finish of a Fox Prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/43aed6fb-1450-4ecf-8ed0-de8a68fcf66c/eindecker.jpg Gallery - On Plane A Fox Prop on an Eindecker aircraft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/2c8ddb5d-050a-4b4c-8dd6-fc216c4cd226/eindecker.jpg Gallery - On Plane The Fokker EIII Eindecker with a nice slab of wood on it - a Fox Prop! Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7cda34d0-aef1-4cdb-bbf9-92e0d951d44d/ein2.jpg Gallery - On Plane The Fokker EIII Eindecker. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6dc777cc-493d-4a17-8ae8-2453c8a11b24/ein3.jpg Gallery - On Plane Beautiful close-up of the Eindecker Fox Prop. Photo by James Fahey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/d78925db-94c1-4568-864a-75988a281c99/FE2b.jpg Gallery - On Plane A 4-bladed FE2b Fox Prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e1d324bc-a197-475a-92c1-d3afe17a028a/James_Fahey_Fe2b_Walkaround+%2810%29.jpg Gallery - On Plane The 4-bladed FE2b Fox Prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7a4094f5-4189-498a-b537-a29693fad416/fokker+dviii.jpg Gallery - On Plane Fox Prop on a Fokker DVIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e7b6c608-9f3f-4910-a752-32d947134587/Fokker+E.V+Oberursel+UR.II+rotary+engine.jpg Gallery - On Plane Close-up of the Fokker DVIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1e2e1d30-16dc-46e6-8bf1-580819d8fa23/fokker+tri.jpg Gallery - On Plane Fox Prop on a Fokker DVIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/64709c63-99f9-4166-af5c-9508efe0f09a/James_Fahey_Fokker_DVIII_Walkaround+%2821%29.jpg Gallery - On Plane And the crew about to start the Fokker DVIII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7c20c95d-e2fe-43b4-8659-c854298bbd4d/James_Fahey_Fokker_DVIII_Walkaround+%2822%29.jpg Gallery - On Plane Couldn't resist another shot of that Fox Prop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/85f966b0-5d48-4d27-b2c7-6b7038373b15/James_Fahey_Fokker_DVIII_Walkaround+%2826%29.jpg Gallery - On Plane Last one, we promise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0417c0fd-773a-44a4-bc21-29149854a2f7/re8.jpg Gallery - On Plane A 4-bladed RE8 Fox Prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/303d0880-5c01-49f6-8719-b3c51685f7ef/rotary+cams.jpg Gallery - On Plane Shiny, shimmery and splendid Fox Prop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/20c6668b-78aa-43b8-9149-9ac1b1fa486b/More+coming.png Gallery - On Plane Cartoon-style graphic with a red background featuring a silhouette of a vintage biplane, text "More Photos Coming Soon," and comic book style words "WOW!" and "BAM!" along with a fox logo for "Fox Props." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1ac6dcb1-b10a-46b2-b2f9-77777990d6a8/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - On Plane CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-otherbits daily 0.75 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6f316376-173a-48c6-ab38-947555a208df/20250410_173824.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces (On loan) Bristol Scout prop shot during gun firing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/155fc40c-2619-4259-93fd-dba79929409b/20250410_173831.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Close up of Scout shot prop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/ef36813f-7d29-49f0-8ac7-b5f3aa4d61b8/0010___horowhenua_historical_society_members_at_the_meeting_in_jeff_foxs___workshop_at_manakau_10-6-2018.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The Fox family's 1925 Model T Ford fire engine, restored by Stuart, Jeff & Brendon Fox in the 70s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5125f07a-6e22-45e7-9e16-92b466de898e/fire2.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Another view of the fire engine outside, in the Main Street of Otaki for the Otaki Fire Brigade Centenary in 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/cae5579a-b60b-4380-85cb-7aa7c4fa3cb6/20250321_173125.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Old propellers hanging on the wall in Jeff's workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/0e9e9213-f7ee-462c-83a6-82cfdbf486c4/20250321_173112.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces More old wood props hanging up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/685a9424-a4c5-4dc6-972f-dfaf10b8961a/a16babe2-0e2d-4258-9dea-21ec5619dbb8.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces A view of the copy-router corner, with some "master" props https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/685eb4b1-a7b4-4ed5-a9f9-d92dcf6f2f5a/20250416_144129.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Remnants of a 3 bladed propeller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/935d4929-dbad-4d13-a8f8-05536c43cd5a/20250321_173627.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The only complete airplane in the shed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5748bc79-f5bc-43bb-bfee-904f8d68a251/973bd6b7-f406-48e0-ac89-612b433601b3.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Wheels that Jeff made for a 1917 Krupp 75mm field gun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/75a48e63-6e76-41a3-bcf7-1694d28e5575/1d130d18-0ee8-47d3-be8f-17d0da5db9fe.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Wheel for a 1917 Krupp 75mm field gun, ready to install outer steel rim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/3c417f29-e4ea-45f3-b49d-7b7253aca821/97dff615-6516-4f0e-8ddc-1ba2d4aff2c2.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Wheels made for a 1917 Krupp 75mm field gun, ready to make wooden fallows (rims) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/34e3bb7b-da35-44c5-8426-514ec4ca45e9/b8bda71e-42ff-4168-af7a-7db7da15a2ad.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Wheel made for a 1917 Krupp 75mm field gun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e6db36fa-dfb1-49e4-8cc0-9d2a9fb9a737/7346d6de-aa30-456d-96bc-2edd44211dce.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Another view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/4e9b5c4e-c3b5-4515-827d-461e6ae8dedb/94f70bd5-9200-4ac4-bd50-c46f82e0f194.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The rim of the wheel being heated in a jig to expand it, prior to fitting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bf4fc2f0-faa5-4565-8fd4-14de7097daa8/3eb6d5d7-5d66-4b5e-accf-20c0259b67fb.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Front wheels that Jeff made for a 1912 Packard truck (28 inch diameter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/70b2f56b-3c5f-4746-a144-bae3bc4a6188/ee387139-cc38-4099-9981-1bd9c0071116.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Spokes on a check jig for a 1912 Packard truck (28 inch diameter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/3d125af6-4c46-4226-b6cd-b7c144b9e83f/ef5f1353-4cd8-4d7e-91c9-88832920e3c4.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Starting to fit the fellow in the rim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1094c068-720e-4b3a-8b4a-de8acc64c293/20250416_143906.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The "mechanical" side of the workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f499af72-cd5c-4b23-845a-79992706172c/20250416_143502.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Rows of restored motorcycles including a Rudge and a Matchless https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1cace04e-87ed-4e73-a750-0832d1a788cc/785d77b8-d3e0-4f26-bb15-4845e3047365+%281%29.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Many Norton's from the 1920s to 1935 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/72b97c20-a1d4-491b-9ee2-b8265d0df722/20250416_143520.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces An 1921 ABC (built by Sopwith Aviation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/24edaa40-72c1-40d7-9bf1-8039eb358e07/20250416_143508.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Flat tank Nortons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/4a7d98d4-aaa3-4c3c-941e-2c28af9640cd/eb88dfe0-0171-4293-bdbb-6007c84e8561.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Another view of flat tank Norton, Matchless and Rudge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/151ef2e6-f65c-42df-b51f-f394284d1498/20250416_143534.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1923 Norton and a 1914 FN 4 cylinder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/e2bdc7c4-5cf4-4566-87d8-b274c3272b37/0a166bb1-c116-4946-8b54-cc732bebdd3f.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1930 Rudge-Whitworth "Ulster" motorcycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bee9d08d-e092-411f-ba01-9b7b1e70ffc0/0b11e86c-6e84-4a3a-aa0a-578141e9da4a.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Vintage 1937 Zündapp K800 motorcycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/5854c910-4bce-4160-8a32-1be873049974/d4faed07-4086-4997-bd9c-f4f286124692.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1937 Zündapp motorcycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c357b7e5-5c23-45aa-b4b6-10dabcb05a9d/6a2c9c47-2972-42b1-a8a6-04d7c2748d46.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1912 Matchless V twin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/06d23837-5e24-4780-8f29-993026cfdb8d/180acf90-28c0-4cf3-b764-a69f5e26489c.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1923 flat tank Norton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/f1a1024a-09ef-49f7-8506-3ec6c6f30fb4/196e1ed7-dfa2-40ce-be8e-c6871b122b33.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Vintage 1916 Harley-Davidson motorcycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/36ba6005-4a2b-4a9c-8dd9-807f5c03ed08/20250416_143728.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Motorcycle workshop with vintage bikes and tools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/2c4b1a1a-86aa-463c-b172-c6ba202f9958/20250416_143634.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Need a tool? Jeff's got it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6a700492-2eda-43f0-a6de-5fcba4124994/20250416_143812.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Shelves off "stuff" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b364ad81-2dff-46b0-bf52-4d09c40bad9c/20250630_172819.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Tinkering! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/a845693f-9535-4605-ad43-bd09797a3fed/e484d96b-99e6-4bfd-a677-27497ef8b52d.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Aviation author and history advocate John Skene came for a visit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/269364e5-c8ee-48e4-add4-efb183bc3837/visitors+2.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces One of the many groups visiting Jeff's workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bf50f35c-99d2-4aad-9238-4b3e59065685/33029ae9-f280-42b2-baa6-38510b203bab.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1923 Packard Fleetwood body - Jeff was doing the woodwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/383a56e0-ff0a-4cc1-8e6a-431baf9f30fa/96cf908d-09aa-4e31-bd91-7f6803b41222.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1923 Packard Fleetwood body - Jeff was doing the woodwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/867a0f2a-95e4-4f43-b8a1-58c3ca601b4c/visitors.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces More captivated visitors learning about the prop-making process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/64ef51d0-b066-40ce-a54e-7f9be9dee3f7/0028_____horowhenua_historical_society_meeting_at_jeff_fox_workshop_manakau_10-6-2018__in_another_part_of_jeffs_workshop.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Member's of the Horowhenua Historic Society listening to a yarn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/89a90d3b-bc9b-46b8-9ae2-339daefa756c/0032_____horowhenua_historical_society_meeting_at_jeff_fox_workshop_manakau_10-6-2018.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The Horowhenua Historic Society were treated to an audience with Jeff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6d4f8e41-21ef-42cd-a35b-df73138836fd/8f05432d-b4ba-4207-b34f-6818d6b27ed8.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces 1933 Morgan car that Jeff partially restored for a friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/7b6f8b02-87a5-40a9-8e6e-273946c2b9b3/e601341e-c012-4cd6-b984-6bcca8e8d1dc.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The Fox family's 1946 Buick Road Master https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/6426c44c-147b-4695-ab67-2b92a32ba413/e0d5ee37-5c7d-4b95-ad83-3a29ac0b7a41.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The family's 1946 Buick Road Master coming home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/b72e312a-00a0-412d-a59e-5e71ef18cbba/adff81c0-af85-4846-8e33-456ab9bd5803.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Inside the Buick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/547075fe-56d9-4156-b93e-ca0dbd62fc0d/62e6f7df-1d68-458b-a2ba-c59620e0cb33.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Interior view of the Buick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/96dc6b38-a03b-4324-a3c0-ff1168201930/rotham+pump+3.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces This is a Rotham air pump that mounts onto the interplane strut of a plane and is driven by the prop wash. As it windmills, it pressurizes the fuel tank to push fuel through to the engine. Jeff has been tasked to re-create one like this original shown here. You usually see them on aircraft such as Sopwith Camels etc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/18277e95-f44f-4216-8f8a-8bf2a28269a4/rotham+pump+2.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces An original Rotham air pump that will become a master so that Jeff can replicate them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/cdb48f37-54ce-41f7-96db-761167b7136b/rotham+pump+1.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces That's not a giant lighter - that's a baby propeller for an air pump which pumps fuel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/dae9e643-0fff-4a6f-80c7-a6e88175b6d7/636402686_1454501369799334_5821159125529559987_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The BSA International Rally stopped in to visit Jeff in February 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/aa069b7e-99ad-43a1-a55d-29288cd60a70/635614036_1454501426465995_8335522910182515280_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces People from the BSA Club check out some of the bikes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/bd3fdc63-f96f-4359-b1c8-250c1f496594/637856203_1454501466465991_3727271812300087041_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces Jeff chats to some BSA owners who came to visit the workshop! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/58483757-c78b-474b-9639-c3cdad73e005/638957958_1454501513132653_3284190018912206872_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The BSA Owners Club not only poured over the vintage motorcycles, but also got treated to a talk about how a Fox Prop is made! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/39024fe1-c700-4885-9b1b-1eb74e799c0a/639233401_1454501589799312_4959198997364758348_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The BSA Owners Club being treated to a talk about how a Fox Prop is made! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/c9d85067-d16d-4dea-8110-7db4b400ebac/637875553_1454501706465967_2901773399887156369_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The BSA Owners Club and some of their machines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/d2ba9905-ad65-4b18-bfee-7138b8f6ff2d/639466868_1454501823132622_5055370849325480528_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces The BSA Owners Club and some of their machines on display. Just over 40 bikes visited the Fox Props workshop in Feb 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/31c99382-5031-4d56-8ccd-7dae3bc86639/636721545_1454501876465950_6602018006049564631_n.jpg Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces What to look at first? The bikes? The tools? The wooden propellers?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1ac6dcb1-b10a-46b2-b2f9-77777990d6a8/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png Gallery - Other Bits & Pieces CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE MAIN GALLERY TO VIEW EVEN MORE PHOTOS! https://www.foxprops.co.nz/work-videos daily 0.75 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/1ac6dcb1-b10a-46b2-b2f9-77777990d6a8/CLICK+HERE+TO+GO+BACK+TO+THE+MAIN+GALLERY.png https://www.foxprops.co.nz/air-nz daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67f89103daa25e3aa01e372b/02bcf386-7771-4f33-85a4-cd566d9993fa/dad+air+nz.png