ok, for all you guys who got nice shiny lathes for Christmas, or any other excuse - when you are ready to consider faceplates, (or a vacuum chuck), feel free to visit my web site,
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Bill, I don't see them on your website but...........can you make faceplates to use on a shopsmith? They are 5/8" smoothbore with allen setscrew. Just figured it didn't hurt to ask. Thanks Lyndell
yes, I can make them, the real question is, can I make them cheap enough to be attrative?? I have the right tubing and washers, but I don't have a handy shopsmith to test them on. So, time for some thinking - I can do a couple of things, it seems:
your thoughts please? My goal here is to make good quality >
Bill
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There is a smooth bore 5/8" to 1"x8 adapter available from the Wooden Post for $17. I have one and it seems OK. Made in China, of course. If you had one available at the time I bought this, I would have bought from you even if the price was greater by 50%. So, I'd say $15-$25 would certainly be competitive for the adapter.
Shopsmith sells two faceplates: a 3" for $16 and a 6" for $19. So your purposes made faceplates for the Shopsmith would also be competitive. I don't know of anyone else selling faceplates for 5/8" smooth.
Sorry for butting in, but hope this helps.
LD
Bill... it's a 5/8" shaft with a flat for a set screw... I KNOW that you've got something in your shop that would work...
mac
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Bill, Thanks for getting back to me. I may look around for a couple of used faceplates or buy new ones from shopsmith. I hate to see you tool up for one customer. My thinking was that maybe you were set up for it.......but didn't get enough requests to devote webpage space to it. I see used faceplates go for more than new on ebay . I have kicked around the idea of a shaft adt. (they are readily available from a guy on the shopsmith 10er usersgroup-yahoo). If I decide to go this route I will place an order with you. Thanks very much. Lyndell "William B Noble (don't reply to this address)" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
You talked me into it. I think this is the way to go. If a couple of faceplates was the only thing It might make sense to go to shopsmith. I can buy five from Bill for what I will pay @ SS. Then I have to buy the adt. but I will have five faceplates instead of two. Thanks Lyndell
Good!! Bill gets a sale, Wooden Post gets a sale - small outfit and good folks to deal with, and you get your dollars stretched.
I've got nothing against Shopsmith, they're pretty good folks too, but their pricing leaves a Lot to be desired.
LD
Lee Valley has them, too...
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I actually have all the stuff to make these adapters, so in my "spare time", I'll see what I can do - my real concern is one of tolerances - if I do the simple thing and use some thickwalled 5/8 tubing that I had picked up for this purpose, there is a chance that it won't fit right - I don't have a shopsmith in my garage to try it on (but maybe I can find someone locally with one) - the thing itself seems simple enough, just thread the OD and drill and tap a set screw hole, maybe add something to form a shoulder for the faceplates, etc to seat against.
Right now, I'm busy trying to set up a Sweedish milling machine I bought - I've got the electrical part working using a simple static converter (once the 6 hp spindle motor starts, everything seems fine), then to level it, then .... My theory is that if you can work in your garage you don't have too many tools - but it's very easy to find you don't have enough time.
so much for musings on the new year.
Bill
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