Myrsky?s spinner got its attachment parts

For restoration of VL Myrsky II, serial MY-14, we have the original spinner. But this spinner is empty inside and lacking all parts to attach it over propeller hub. Thus we needed to make front and rear bulkheads. Front bulkhead comes inside spinner and rear bulkhead comes behind propeller and is attached to spinner's rear edge.

Propeller must be removed first to get rear bulkhead around propeller shaft. It is secured with a collar attached to propeller hub. With propeller installed, front bulkhead is attached to propeller hub. Spinner is now attached over hub to both bulkheads.

Both bulkheads were spun from a metal sheet according to Myrsky’s blueprint. We made an adjustable mold for spinning. With an adjustable mold we could spin both bulkheads which have different diameters. Front bulkhead is naturally the smaller one.

We made 3 inch lightening holes into rear bulkhead with a punch press. By using a suitable punch and die those holes got also nice strengthening flanges.

Now we are at a point where we have bulkheads which are ready to be installed for spinner attachment.