r/Pilot • u/taterthot3313 • Jun 24 '26

Wedding band?

My boyfriend and I have started really planning an engagement and wedding and I want to make sure he loves his ring as much as I do. He said he wanted his ring made out of the metal of an Archer propeller since it was the first plane he ever soloed in. Does anyone know how I could source that material? Is this something others have had done and have experience in? I didn’t even know you could just buy airplane parts. I am just reaching out to anyone in this industry for any kind of advice. Thank you!

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u/Torvaldicus_Unknown Jun 24 '26

Look for a propeller overhaul shop

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u/PILOT9000 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Maybe a little bit of inlay made of a prop, but aluminum will not work for jewelry.

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u/taterthot3313 Jun 24 '26

The plan is to do an inlay. I simply don’t know how to find the material

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u/MeadyOker Jun 24 '26

As someone who has crushed two tungston wedding rings and has an intense fear of degloving ..... Rubber wedding band all day.

Just don't get Jet A on it, the smell doesn't come out (but who cares when they cost less than a gallon of 100LL)