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Hi I'm looking at a face plate and was wondering if anyone here has one and could answer some questions about them... that being the shopsmith version.

See:
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/Lathe_Accessories___Screw_Centers___Faceplates___Aluminum_Faceplate___alum_faceplate?Args=

item 387-2500 which is the 5/8" bore 2" one.

What I'm looking for is some information about the 5/8" hole and if is a thru hole at 5/8".

I'm looking at this for a special operation not related to lathe function but for sliding down a 5/8" shaft and then attaching via the setscrew.

If anyone has this small size face plate from another source that would also be welcome information.

Ed

BTW I do have this question emailed to the company but haven't received a replay yet.

Didn't want any one to loose any sleep over my question so don't, I got a reply and it is a through 5/8" hole.

Those of you who think they are cleaver anyone care to post of what use this information might be as to how it might be used for more then a lathe face plate ? For those of you who are innovative? Would be designer of tools? Speculative guesses?

I always love a good mystery, how about you?

Ed

reible wrote:Didn't want any one to loose any sleep over my question so don't, I got a reply and it is a through 5/8" hole.

Those of you who think they are cleaver anyone care to post of what use this information might be as to how it might be used for more then a lathe face plate ? For those of you who are innovative? Would be designer of tools? Speculative guesses?

I always love a good mystery, how about you?

Ed

My other common use for a faceplate doesn't require a through hole. That is as a hand wheel on the left end of the headstock.
How about another broad hint?
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On a side note... With the 2 dozen some odd Shopsmiths I bought some of which came with all manner of SPT's and accessory items giving me many duplicates of some, I still only have 2 faceplates. A small one and a large one, both of which I bought when I bought my 510 new back in 1988. It still blows my mind that none of the others had one with them. Either there is a shortage of faceplate turners or somewhere there is a secret government warehouse filled to the rafters with Shopsmith faceplates.

robinson46176 wrote:My other common use for a faceplate doesn't require a through hole. That is as a hand wheel on the left end of the headstock.
How about another broad hint?
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On a side note... With the 2 dozen some odd Shopsmiths I bought some of which came with all manner of SPT's and accessory items giving me many duplicates of some, I still only have 2 faceplates. A small one and a large one, both of which I bought when I bought my 510 new back in 1988. It still blows my mind that none of the others had one with them. Either there is a shortage of faceplate turners or somewhere there is a secret government warehouse filled to the rafters with Shopsmith faceplates.

Interesting about the missing face plates.... I think I may have seen them in Warehouse 13.

The reason to need the through hole is so it will slide down a 5/8" shaft. Like maybe if someone had a reason to do that.

Ed

reible wrote:The reason to need the through hole is so it will slide down a 5/8" shaft.

Doggone it, Ed. Now who wooda thunk that? Pretty clever.
Dick

WAG 1 - Mount it to the router(opr) table so the mortising hold down can be mounted. Not sure why you would want to do that.

WAG 2 - Mount it to the router table to allow mounting/relocation of the shield with dust collector fitting.

A Rockler contract demonstrator used a 2 " face plate, 4 sharpened screws, and 4 nylock nuts to make a drive spur for wet wood bowl turning. The sharpened screws protuded less than 1/4" beyond the nylock nuts.

The resulting drive was used to start trueing the block and turning the tenon on the bowl bottom for a four jaw chuck.

I knew a few of you would come up with some ideas, that is great and who knows maybe this will help someone else on another project or someone looking for a way to accomplish something.

I'll post a bit of how I'm planning on using this from my sketchup drawing.

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Ed

Is this for a jumbo "Sand-free"?

(Or a lightsaber? You could be the Jedi Knight of the Shopsmith, Ed!)

Gary

Is that Obi Wan Reible