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Mess Deck: General Section => Model Boating => Topic started by: boat captain on July 02, 2016, 03:37:57 pm

Title: castle nuts
Post by: boat captain on July 02, 2016, 03:37:57 pm: Does anybody know any suppliers of 4mm or 3ba brass castle nuts and split pins.
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: CGAux26 on July 02, 2016, 06:09:32 pm: When you say "castle nuts" do you mean the ones that have several slots across the top? Or acorn nuts? Anyway, digging through my bookmarks reveals a few sites that may be helpful.

http://www.scalehardware.com/slotted-bolts-c-46

http://www.modellingtimbers.co.uk/36.html
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: Netleyned on July 02, 2016, 06:57:56 pm: Castellated Nuts is the correct description I think.

Ned
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: boat captain on July 02, 2016, 08:40:39 pm: Quote from: Netleyned on July 02, 2016, 06:57:56 pm
Castellated Nuts is the correct description I think.

Ned

I have always known them as castellated nuts but on a lot of sites they list them now as castle nuts.
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: Chris57 on July 04, 2016, 12:38:19 pm: Possibly the American terminology?
Chris
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: Chris57 on July 04, 2016, 12:51:48 pm: This is a Russian site ( I think!). Is this what you are looking for? No picture though.
http://soga-miniatures.ru.com/index.php?productID=4066 (http://soga-miniatures.ru.com/index.php?productID=4066)
They may be cosmetic, rather than functional though. - but as I don't speak Russian, so...........

Chris
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: Fubar on July 04, 2016, 09:27:26 pm: Can you not use Nyloc nuts ?
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: imsinking on July 04, 2016, 09:39:03 pm: The nut's would be no problem to anyone mit zer lathe / miller . . .
Split pins that small is another story . . .
Bill
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: boat captain on July 05, 2016, 08:24:32 am: Quote from: Fubar on July 04, 2016, 09:27:26 pm
Can you not use Nyloc nuts ?

They are for a Severn Lifeboat propellors which are secured with castellated nuts and split pins.
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: malcolmfrary on July 06, 2016, 08:48:41 am: Like these?
http://www.nutsboltsandthings.co.uk/castle-nuts
or these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turnbuckle-Stainless-Castle-Slotted-Nuts-Multi-Listing-M4-to-M18-/221231462658

Drilling the hoe in the shaft for the pin or wire could be a job and a bit - for function I would go for a nyloc and maybe, if I was that bothered about appearance, modify that to look like a wired/pinned nut.
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: boat captain on July 06, 2016, 09:13:45 am: Quote from: malcolmfrary on July 06, 2016, 08:48:41 am
Like these?
http://www.nutsboltsandthings.co.uk/castle-nuts
or these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turnbuckle-Stainless-Castle-Slotted-Nuts-Multi-Listing-M4-to-M18-/221231462658

Drilling the hoe in the shaft for the pin or wire could be a job and a bit - for function I would go for a nyloc and maybe, if I was that bothered about appearance, modify that to look like a wired/pinned nut.

It is purely a cosmetic appearence the nuts will be soldered on the propellers with a sub shaft and pin soldered in the nut.
Title: Re: castle nuts
Post by: craggle on July 06, 2016, 09:27:40 am: I am using K-lock nuts on my boat as they look pretty close and can be used to lock the props in place as well.

Craig.