[Shop-talk] Welding a cracked fan Blade

[James F Juhas]

Not as far out of balance when I lost one of six blades.  I thought the 
whole car was going to shake itself apart!

If carefully done, and ground smooth to finish, I would guess that the 
balance would be close to original, and perhaps it could then be 
balanced with the judicious removal of material from the heavy side, 
like at the tips of the blades.

But then, all of this is why my fan remains in two parts as an art 
object and conversation piece.  And MGA fans are not in short supply: my 
junk box turned up three more, but now I'm afraid to use one.

FRED E THOMAS wrote:
> The bad thing about welding a fan blade back on is the fan will now be 
> way out of =="balance"==  "FT"
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>
>>>> when
>>>> my MGA fan lost a blade through my left fender well at 6,000 rpm on 
>>>> the
>>>> Lightening course at NJMP.
>
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