Boring the Shaft Log tunnel

This works for me. It takes a bit of pushing a 65mm Forstner Bit as well as a grunty Makita drill.

Copper Hardware

Making copper washers from flat bar and cutting copper square bar to make nuts. A friend will face, drill and tap these on his lathe.
The bolts are next on the list. They will be made from 1/2 inch rod.

Some Hardware

Today we picked up the propeller, shaft, shaft log, seal, bearings etc from the Engine Room in Northcote. Exciting.

23' (584mm) propeller

38mm shaft and fibreglass log boxed for its roofrack trip home.

Anode, nut and key.

One of three shaft bearings

PSS Shaft Seal

Shaft Coupling - Beautifully engineered