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"Don Whipple"

08/02/2004 9:11 AM

Face Plate Needed for old Craftsman Wood Lathe

Where can I find a 6" face plate with 3/4" threads for my old Craftsman
lathe?


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LRod

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

09/02/2004 2:16 PM

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:28:50 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:

>smaller lidded bowls (bowels in rec.speak)

(bouls, David)

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Gerald Ross

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 3:41 PM

Don Whipple wrote:
> Where can I find a 6" face plate with 3/4" threads for my old Craftsman
> lathe?
>
>
Try Barry Haythornwaite. He makes steel ones that won't crack like the
cast iron ones may, and his prices are right.
[email protected]

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"Jon Endres, PE"

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 8:03 PM


"Gerald Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Don Whipple wrote:
> > Where can I find a 6" face plate with 3/4" threads for my old Craftsman
> > lathe?
> >
> >
> Try Barry Haythornwaite. He makes steel ones that won't crack like the
> cast iron ones may, and his prices are right.
> [email protected]

I don't understand why anyone would need a 6" faceplate unless you're
turning something about 18" diameter or larger.

Try this link - I bought a 2" faceplate from him for my Delta Homecraft
lathe, and it's fine for anything I can turn inboard.

http://www.donpencil.com/

Jon Endres

UA

Unisaw A100

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 3:38 PM

Don Whipple wrote:
>Where can I find a 6" face plate with 3/4" threads for my old Craftsman
>lathe?


As common as dirt.

But first, a word of warning, you may not like the prices
you find at the woodturning boutique catalogs. To that end,
I have a spare 5 1/4" Gen-U-Whine Sears face plate that I
could part with. Ping me on the back channel.

Otherwise you have,

Sears.

or,

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/frames/frameset_centers.html

or,

www.craftusa.com

or,

www.packardwoodworks.com

or,

www.woodturner.org

Look for a Links page on the last site.

Oh, and look for 3/4-16.

UA100

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"Anthony Diodati"

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 11:10 AM

No personal experience here, but I knew someone with the Grizzly faceplate
"kits"
and he said it did not run true.
Get one a sears or from Unisaw A100
Tony D.

"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> But first, a word of warning, you may not like the prices
> you find at the woodturning boutique catalogs. To that end,
> I have a spare 5 1/4" Gen-U-Whine Sears face plate that I
> could part with. Ping me on the back channel.
>
> Otherwise you have,
>
> Sears.

UA

Unisaw A100

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

09/02/2004 10:28 AM

Jon Endres wrote:
>I don't understand why anyone would need a 6" faceplate unless you're
>turning something about 18" diameter or larger.


At the risk of losing a potential sale of my 5 1/4" to the
original poster I'd have to agree with you Jon. When I
started with my Craftsman lathe (50's vintage cast iron bed
with 9" swing) I uses a 3" screw center face plate and
eventually had another 3" screw center turned down to 1 1/4"
which I used for a good 90% of what I turned. Now granted I
turned smaller lidded bowls (bowels in rec.speak) but I
think I can count on two hands the number of times I used a
4" face plate.

UA100

UA

Unisaw A100

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 4:05 PM

Gerald Ross wrote:
>Try Barry Haythornwaite. He makes steel ones that won't crack like the
>cast iron ones may, and his prices are right.


Aside from dropping them (which I've done enough with no
problems) what do you have to do to crack a face plate?

UA100

sD

[email protected] (Doug Miller)

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 3:16 PM

In article <[email protected]>, "Don Whipple" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Where can I find a 6" face plate with 3/4" threads for my old Craftsman
>lathe?
>
Six-inch? Dunno. Don't think Sears ever sold one. But you could buy
three- and eight-inch faceplates at Sears as recently as a couple years ago.

Try crossposting to rec.crafts.woodturning also.

--
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

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DD

DJ Delorie

in reply to "Don Whipple" on 08/02/2004 9:11 AM

08/02/2004 10:20 AM


"Don Whipple" <[email protected]> writes:
> Where can I find a 6" face plate with 3/4" threads for my old Craftsman
> lathe?

Oneway can custom make faceplates to fit pretty much ANYTHING.
http://www.oneway.ca/

Grizzly has faceplate "kits" - you buy the threaded insert separately,
although it's 8". http://www.grizzly.com/catalog/2004/092.cfm

If those fail, try rec.crafts.woodturning.


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