I think this is where this should go.... via email to Mayhem.....
Hello Martin,
I wonder if you could help me find a piece of kit which I'm sure must be out there but which I don't even know the name of.
I am trying to build something (I must be honest it isn't a boat) and it requires me to find a rotating shaft with a watertight seal so that it can be placed in a partition which has water on one side and air on the other. Making one myself is not an option because it strikes me as a tricky thing to make and I am sure I do not have the engineering skill.
I have been trying to think of applications of such a thing so that I might see if they fit my purpose and the only thing I have come up with is submarine propeller shafts. I reasoned that the submarine interior would be full of air and obviously the submarine would be designed to be underwater. I am aware however that it might not be as simple as that.
Quite obviously I'm lost and was wondering if you might be able to let me know what kind of products there are out there and possibly point me in the right direction.
Many thanks,
Ralph