Any question answered...

Yes that will work for you, got a slave build coming up, or something fast?

A cheaper option would be to respace it as a front and chop the current axle down, that way you could tap it to take an m6 (?) bolt and washers or just use a hex skewer.

Cheers fella! Might try and get the front axle rather than chopping just so there's the option to swap back.

And a bit of both tbh, might build up something slave in the coming year, but mainly for short, faster rides/TTs.

Mainly because they look like fun!