Hello, I'm looking at buying this thing in the picture but te inner part would need to be machined from 25mm to 25.4mm. Would the fact that it is split make this impossible or could a lathe shrug off the joints? Many thanks
Do them all the time. Both the strippers as per your pic and the Spurs. Just put a spacer in the gap and clamp up then turn out.
Looking closer at your pic it actually looks like there has been an insert put in there, normally that is not there unless it is a thing on the smaller sets, usually the ones I work with are 1.1/2" upwards.
It's a rope cutter for a prop shaft -like this but my shaft isn't splined (ooer) https://www.ropestripper.com/images/banner-stripper-sd.png
Interesting. Should be do-able as @Hood said. 4 jaw chuck, clamp some sacrificial aluminium in the gaps and take one skim out of the bore 0.2mm will take you out to inch.
I'm trying to work the parts out the instructions aren't great for my purposes. Yes it's a tiddler: my boat's only lickle. Thanks, though as the main thing is it's doable. I haven't got a lathe & woud get it done locally but didn't want to buy it and then find it couldn't be machined. Cheers.
As said I don't think it is normal to have that spacer/bush in there. Looks to me like they have been made to fit a smaller shaft than originally intended.
Measure the Bush. Could just then make up a new bush and the stripper wouldn’t have to be touched at all.
This is what it should be like. They have added in a bush to reduce the size. My concern with that would be the physical size of the stripper may be too big for your prop size.
Yes, I couldn't work it out... That's an interesting point wrt overall size. However, I went & pulled the trigger on it after you reply, so will find out in a few days time. It was priced to be worth the gamble - these things are not cheap as you know. If it's too big I can sort out the minor niggles & sell it on but hope it's OK.
Just stainless aren’t they? Could make one of those on the plasma and weld it to a hub then finish bore it to size.
They are cast and not sure exactly the type of stainless but they have to keep a decent edge so I think 316 would be too soft. A bit more to them than just welding bits to a hub, they have to be fairly well balanced, personally I prefer the Spurs type although the strippers have a better designed keeper. Then again if I am fitting the Spurs to a boat I make up a full circle bracket for the keeper.
Curious. Our props are conic where you put the prop then threaded. Maybe I'm explaining myself badly.
You mean that your props are on a taper, quite normal. the threaded bit is what's not clear. To me at least Is the thread some sort of adjustment on a stuffing gland or the cutlass bearing? Not really had any experience that low down
