Hi all, thanks for your suggestions.
I think where I've gone wrong is either the protex discs have an ever so slightly larger inner diameter or my friendly machinist has been a bit tardy on his measurements! Probably a trap for amateurs like myself, perhaps I should have had the machinist start at say 136mm and worked his way down till it was a tight fit. Matt - do your axle flanges fit tight at 134.8mm?
There is no step on the inside of the disc, it's pretty much a right angle at the bottom. I don't have the tools to do an accurate measure of the inside diameter, but a rough tape measure measurement says 135mm to 136mm. I do like the idea of a sleeve on the axle centre, that sounds like it would do the trick nicely, otherwise I will have to start with a fresh set of axles to machine... Alternatively, could also try get my hands on the rda discs to see if they are a better fit.
Cheers, Aaron.