What to do with broken props?

[reichhartkg]

I have (3) 14-1/4" aluminum props that aren't badly damaged, but damaged enough to cause major vibrations. I could only find one prop shop in my area that had prices online, and it was $90 to repair it. A new one costs $86. Is that unusually high? If it's not cost effective to repair them, is there anything better to do with them other than recycle them?

 

[henleyhale]

Thats high to me my prop shop is 65 bucks to rebuild and paint but a new one at the shop is 150, id pay him the 4 extra dollars if he was a nice guy, never know when you are gonna need him and wont you feel dumb if he isnt around.

 

[henleyhale]

Also aluminum is worthless to you, but for that prop man thats a piece of free inventory, id drop it his way.

 

[steelespike]

If they are not badly bent you may be able to straighten them with a hammer and a piece of wood to work against.
Smooth any dings with a file but don't get carried away.
You may end up with a functional spare.

 

[Scott Danforth]

For your prop, its probably cheaper to buy new, however for those of us with $300 aluminum props, $86 is less expensive than new. $85 is what I pay at general propeller in Bradenton

 

[Maclin]

I went to a prop shop last year, was $65 for Aluminum and $85 for stainless.

 

[henleyhale]

I went to a prop shop last year, was $65 for Aluminum and $85 for stainless.

for a second i thought u were talking 85 for a new ss prop. I thought ud found the holy grail of prop deals