What am I looking at ? Could this be a nose cone of sorts ?

[Andy Naude]

I saw this brass cone in a friends collection. The whole cone is made of brass. Diameter at the base is 70.5 mm the hight is 125 mm. There are no markings vissible . On the base there is , what looks like felt.

Could this have been part of a Drill Round ?

Or is it the nose cone of a propeller of sorts ?

Please help if you can.

 

[Spaceinvader]

Could be a cone for a boat propeller (don't know what they are called) but the part that goes over the center of the prop.

 

[beihan62]

I am with Spaceinvader on this,Castelated threads points to being locked in place with a split/shear pin so it looks like it is the spinner from some kind of marine prop,

 

[smle2009]

Dead right,you can even see the grooves for the drive shaft splines :wink:

 

[butterfly]

Well done guys, it never ceases to amaze me the extent of knowledge here on bocn..........both inside and outside of ordnance.

regards Kev

 

[Andy Naude]

Thank you all. Then that is a closed case. I think I am going to have a rather disappointed friend.

 

[smle2009]

.......unless he has got a boat :tinysmile_twink_t: