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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airshot" data-source="post: 500663" data-attributes="member: 1183"><p>For minor gouges and bent edges, you might get away with, but getting one blade badly out or out of balance can ruin the bearings/ seals in the lower unit.  I have done quite a few over the years, but non ever bad enough to require welding..  As a skilled toolmaker I had acess to the equipment to shape, and match the blades to each other as well as balancing the finnished prop.  Small little nicks and gouges along the edges are usually not a big issue, but when you get into props that have material missing, that can become a real big issue !</p></blockquote><p></p>