For those who may need inexpensive faceplates, visit my web page,
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and click on faceplates. I got tired of the $$$ that the regular commerial faceplates cost, so I make (and offer) these welded faceplates - they lack the high precision (and high cost) of the commercial ones, but you don't need perfection for this application, just strength.
by the way, there are a few vacuum pumps left too