NEED HELP REMOVING FACEPLATE FROM LATHE??

On my Delta there's a hole in the shaft that a rod fits in to stop the
rotation.

djb

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Tue, Dec 9, 2003, 6:22am (EST+5) [email protected] cries out:
I just bought a new craftsman full size lathe <snip> Is there some type
of spindle lock that I can't find? HELP!! please reply to my email
address....thanks

This's just a wild thought, off the top of my head, but, did you
bother to look in the instruction manual, the one you should have gotten
with the lathe?

What's in it for me to e-mail you?

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IMO it would be a bad design to not have some type of spindle lock.
If there is not, try a large wrench on it and hit the wrench with a big hammer.
Thanks, Tony D.













Dave Balderstone <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<091220030708386819%[email protected]>...
> On my Delta there's a hole in the shaft that a rod fits in to stop the
> rotation.
>
> djb

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I just bought a new craftsman full size lathe and mounted a piece to
> the face plate and screwed in the spindle. Now when I want to remove
> the faceplate I can't figure out how to do it? It came with a wrench
> that fits on the backside of the faceplate however I can't figure out
> how to make the spindle not turn in order to unscrew the faceplate. Is
> there some type of spindle lock that I can't find? HELP!! please reply
> to my email address....thanks

Dude, I never force anything, I get a bigger hammer.