My “metal spinning” career on the lathe is over, after two attempts!
The 1/32″ brass plate was way too thick to manipulate, ever after
I tried heating it up with the little bottle torch. Doubt if the big torch
would have made it turn out better.
The second attempt was out of some .010 brass sheet stock, and
was “better”, and probably could have used it in a pinch, but…….
I decided to machine a cap / collar out of aluminum round stock.
The tricky part was that the thickness of the collar that’s sandwiched
between the prop and prop nut could only be .020, or you cant
get the prop nut cotter key installed.
So far it’s survived a two minute barrel test…… hopefully it will
make it through the future lake test!
Prepare to be boarded!