Curious what people are doing for 1" - 8 tpi left hand or reverse threaded faceplates. I inherited from the local high school an Atlas 12" lathe - a nice small little guy. I don't have any turning experience but want to put a 12" sanding disk on the outboard (left hand) side and maybe also ease into it with building a 12" banjo rim (the musical instrument), and maybe a couple 11" rims. I'm a potter so also have a house full of bowls already so don't have much desire to do that. So what I'm saying is that I don't want to get too invested. Don't even have a chuck or anything for it yet, but seems like a handy addition to the shop. thanks for reading, Jim
PS: I could make a tap if there's a left hand threaded 1" bolt out there - my google searches turn up some pretty expensive stuff.
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