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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:38 am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shopsmith-6-Face-Plate-/321112377828?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac3ca09e4

skou · Post by **skou** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:01 am

I'm not sure it's for our Shopsmiths. They's threads in the center hole.

steve

reible · Post by **reible** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:10 am

Wow 6 feet!

Ed

skou · Post by **skou** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:52 am

As Homer would say, "D'oh!"

Didn't even look at the fine print.

steve

joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:56 am

Check out the face plate now I emailed him and he has changed it now. Here is his reply:

Dear joedw00,
Thank you very much for the heads up and you are right this is not a Shopsmith face plate.

It came in what must be the original box to a shopsmith because its got the factory stamp in red shopsmith 6" faceplate 505591.
The face plate up for bid came to me in that box and fits in there perfect. The plate up for bid is 6inches.

Again, thank you much!

- dillion1978chevy

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:10 pm

joedw00 wrote:Check out the face plate now I emailed him and he has changed it now. Here is his reply:

Dear joedw00,
Thank you very much for the heads up and you are right this is not a Shopsmith face plate.

It came in what must be the original box to a shopsmith because its got the factory stamp in red shopsmith 6" faceplate 505591.
The face plate up for bid came to me in that box and fits in there perfect. The plate up for bid is 6inches.

Again, thank you much!

- dillion1978chevy

Interesting!

Not only an intelligent response from a seller, but apparently it IS possible to change a listing 'title'.

reible · Post by **reible** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:20 pm

More accurate but a lot less fun now.

Ed

joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:58 pm

reible wrote:More accurate but a lot less fun now.

Ed

Yes it would have made a large bowl for sure.

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:01 am

I think it is actually a 6" drive (also called "dog") plate for a metal lathe. Looks like the ones that fit my 1.5" x 8 tpi South Bend lathe spindle. Here is a pic of one in use from an old catalog:
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donalexander · Post by **donalexander** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:18 am

Well, I wondered about the 6' part based simply on the nominal shipping cost (about $5 as I recall). I could see that shipping for a 6" part. Besides, at 6' diameter the weight would be in the hundreds of pounds. I agree with Prmindartmouth as to what it actually is.

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