steve denison
04-29-2008, 7:02 AM
Guys,
I got a lathe a few months back and have been excited about turning. to date I have only turned 3 bowls. I have an old Rockwell / Delta lathe that was basically given to me, and have been busy restoring it, building a stand, and making a jack shaft to slow it down. I did not have a faceplate for the lathe and it has a 3/4-10 thread on the spindle, so I made one with a 3/4-10 nut, JB weld, and a block of red oak. When the JB was dry I threaded it on to the spindle and turned it true. This faceplate worked well until last night when I was turning my first segmented vase (37 piece cherry and walnut) The JB cracked and the nut moved a little. Now the faceplate is not usable because the nut wobbles.
I have only found 2 places to order 3/4-10 faceplates. Grizley makes one with multiple center collers (one is 3/4-10) and Penn industries makes an adaptor for 3/4-10 to 1-8.
Do any of you use an adaptor for your faceplate? does it introduce wobble? Have any of you run into a similar problem? any ideas?
I got a lathe a few months back and have been excited about turning. to date I have only turned 3 bowls. I have an old Rockwell / Delta lathe that was basically given to me, and have been busy restoring it, building a stand, and making a jack shaft to slow it down. I did not have a faceplate for the lathe and it has a 3/4-10 thread on the spindle, so I made one with a 3/4-10 nut, JB weld, and a block of red oak. When the JB was dry I threaded it on to the spindle and turned it true. This faceplate worked well until last night when I was turning my first segmented vase (37 piece cherry and walnut) The JB cracked and the nut moved a little. Now the faceplate is not usable because the nut wobbles.
I have only found 2 places to order 3/4-10 faceplates. Grizley makes one with multiple center collers (one is 3/4-10) and Penn industries makes an adaptor for 3/4-10 to 1-8.
Do any of you use an adaptor for your faceplate? does it introduce wobble? Have any of you run into a similar problem? any ideas?