alt.energy.homepower

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:46:59 -0600, "Don Young"
wrote:


>Someone with a lathe capable of metric threading

20tpi will work well.

>could whip out an adapter
>for you real easily. Or an adapter could be built up with one or more nuts
>for the threaded section. The latter would be more difficult to make run
>true.

The adapter should be a tight fit on the plain (true) part of the
shaft. Easiest way to make a threaded version might be to turn a
bushing with a threaded end, weld on a stub, then turn the stub true.
But I think the threads could be eliminated in favor of press fit,
loctite, or set screws.

Wayne