RE: balancing a prop
I use the cheap fingertip ballancer (same as the magnetic one, but this time you only use the shaft and your fingers). Mostly I'm just checking, only about 1 in 5 or 6 require much ballancing. If they're very bad, I'll just toss'em for the next in the pile. Props have gotten alot better over the years, and the newer ones are mostly dead on.
J