Where do you guys buy your faceplates!

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

I'm in the middle of putting my vacuum chuck together and need to buy some faceplates.Any help would be great.

[Joe Tonich]

I've never bought from Grizzley so I don't know how good they are, but the price is right. Being aluminum, I think you can square the face if it is off a lil bit.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/searchresults.aspx?q=face+plate&submit.x=12&submit.y=13

Sure beats $18 at Rocklers.

[Keith Burns]

Now you tell me Joe, since I just bought one for $18.:eek: Thanks:rolleyes:

[Charlie Anderson]

http://www.wbnoble.com/

Bill has good prices and plenty of options

[Brad Hart]

you can square off the cast iro0n ones just fine with your regular turning tools, it is just a bit hard on the edge. In my opinion if you are going to be using faceplates for vac chucking you will do best buying a tap to fit your spindle. They are fairly cheap on ebay and let you quickly & easily make customizeable pieces.

[Travis Stinson]

You won't be finding any 1 1/4" x 8 TPI taps anywhere cheap!

[Brad Hart]

You won't be finding any 1 1/4" x 8 TPI taps anywhere cheap!

You can if you know where to look. I bought most of mine locally 1x8 1.25x8 and 1.5x8 at $5, $5 and $10. But since most of you don't have access to mendelsons I suggest you keep an eye on ebay for them I have seen plenty of the big ones for under $20. While I am not sure I would trust the foreign made ones on ebay for precision metal working, but for our lathe work they are just fine. Even if you pay $50 for one at MCS, granger or SnapOn they quickly pay for themselves in terms of how useful they are as opposed to using a limited supply of metal ones.

BTW If anyone is wanting a larger tap PM, I will be off to mendelsons (the place to get every last piece of equipment for building battle bots)probably next week and I can look. These tend be quality steel tapes too. And I Also have 2 extra 3/4x10 taps if anyone wants to make accessories for their oneway center.

[Mike Ramsey]

I've bought several from PSI, cheap, fast delivery & wonderful people
to work with!

[Jim Becker]

I use Don Pencil's faceplates for general utility. Reasonable price, etc.

[Don Baer]

http://www.wbnoble.com/

Bill has good prices and plenty of options

Hey Charlie, welcome to the creek.

[Keith Burns]

you can square off the cast iro0n ones just fine with your regular turning tools, it is just a bit hard on the edge. In my opinion if you are going to be using faceplates for vac chucking you will do best buying a tap to fit your spindle. They are fairly cheap on ebay and let you quickly & easily make customizeable pieces.

Now we're turning cast iron face plates with woodturning tools :eek: :eek: Won't catch me doing it !!

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

I use Don Pencil's faceplates for general utility. Reasonable price, etc.

I love Dons stuff ,but i've been waiting for my stinger set to add to my Scropion for over 2 months now! He call me right after i ordered and he told me it would be a week before it got sent. Sent several emails with no responce. I hope he's OK! I wanted to order his buffing system but I'm going wait to see what happens!

[Mike Ramsey]

Now we're turning cast iron face plates with woodturning tools :eek: :eek: Won't catch me doing it !!

I wonder if that's harder than turning real dry Mesquite?:rolleyes:

[Dick Parr]

I have heard it said that these at Craft Supplies are pretty good.

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/cgi-bin/shopper?search=action&keywords=faceplate-system

[Frank Fusco]

I've never bought from Grizzley so I don't know how good they are, but the price is right. Being aluminum, I think you can square the face if it is off a lil bit.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/searchresults.aspx?q=face+plate&submit.x=12&submit.y=13

Sure beats $18 at Rocklers.

I have a Griz aluminum faceplate, best dollar value around. And with aluminum you can attach your work with hot glue and then remove later without holes or marks.

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

To bad theyu don't have one to fit my PM 3520!:mad: