Faceplate

Grizzly 8" faceplate G1633 $30 Insert for 1-1/8 x 12 - G3176 (LH) or G3166 (RH), each $7.

Oneway can custom thread any of their faceplates for $17.

Check with your local Industrial supplies store.

12 TPI Hex Nuts may not be readily available. Here they sell these nuts and washers by the pound. It come to about 10-15 ¢ cents each washer and 15-20 ¢ cents per nuts. 12 TPI Hex nuts are used for anchoring Highways sign . Electrical power supply companies also use 12 TPI Hex Nut for anchoring power transmission towers. After a storm towers get damaged and the steel and nuts end up at the local scrap yard. If you cannot find adequate washers you can cut your own. I have made some out of 1/4"-3/8" thk. st'l plate. I use a hole saw at low speed on the drill press with plenty of the best cutting oil I can buy. It is slow but it works. The welding is best done by an experience welder. They begin by clamping the washer and nut dead center and tack weld at specific intervals. Then they begin the fillet weld around the nut at a speed as to minimize distortion. Its then dropped on the concrete floor to air cool for 30 minutes then it emerged in two gallons of cold water. After that I true the face plate on my lathe at low speed with a HSS bit mounted in a tool holder. The holes are drilled and c'sink to suit your requirement. Other people make their face plate using wood, drill and tap. Darrell Feltmate a detailed procedure on how to make them.

Oneway will custom-thread any of their faceplates for a nominal charge.

Peter Teubel Milford, MA

well, I sell welded faceplates for your lathe for $10 each - you've already got the nuts, just weld them up --- or contact me off the list and maybe I can do it for you - I don't see why you need a machine shop. Look at the info on my web site,

and browse around until you find "faceplates"

You could also purchase a spindle adapter and then purchase standard threaded accessories. Best Wood Tools machined mine. It is a 1 3/8 -12 to a 1/1/8 - 8 and it was also left handed for the outboard side of the headstock