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Hi guys,
As I have mentioned in the past posts, I will be using a South Bend 9A as my main beginner lathe, and a little Craftsman 101.07301 lathe as a sidekick buddy. The little lathe has a 1"X 8 tpi spindle, but no faceplate. I have been stalking ebay, but can only find woodworking faceplates with that size. Would it be possible to buy a wooden lathe faceplate and mill it to accept a dog, such a as pic below? The first pic is the woodworking faceplate that I hope I can convert.
Here is the backside of a bigger metal lathe faceplate.
Unlike my South Bend lathe, which I plane on adding variable speed and a dro and a 5c collet chuck, I plan on keeping the little Craftsman 6" lathe as "old school" as possible. Hence, I want to use little chihuahua dogs on it, lol.
Thanks for the time you guys put into your responses. It's very helpful to lost wannabe hobby metalworkers, like me
Susan
As I have mentioned in the past posts, I will be using a South Bend 9A as my main beginner lathe, and a little Craftsman 101.07301 lathe as a sidekick buddy. The little lathe has a 1"X 8 tpi spindle, but no faceplate. I have been stalking ebay, but can only find woodworking faceplates with that size. Would it be possible to buy a wooden lathe faceplate and mill it to accept a dog, such a as pic below? The first pic is the woodworking faceplate that I hope I can convert.
Here is the backside of a bigger metal lathe faceplate.
Unlike my South Bend lathe, which I plane on adding variable speed and a dro and a 5c collet chuck, I plan on keeping the little Craftsman 6" lathe as "old school" as possible. Hence, I want to use little chihuahua dogs on it, lol.
Thanks for the time you guys put into your responses. It's very helpful to lost wannabe hobby metalworkers, like me
Susan