I recently bought an old lathe, cheap! It is a Powr Kraft model #TRT - 2020. I think it was sold through Montgomery Wards in the 1960's
It is in good working condition, except. . . . the live center is very dull and I can not get it to dig into the wood enough to keep it from just spinning on the blank I am trying to work with. The lathe has a 5/8" spindle with a flat on a portion of it and the center slips onto that and it has a set screw that is tightened by an allen head wrench. I have searched the internet high and low for a replacement. I have found photographs and mention of this exact lathe but no information about how to adapt it to a different live center. All of them now use a morse taper I understand.
At this point it seems as if this lathe is of no use to me. Does anyone have any ideas of how I may solve this problem