Face plate stuck fast

[Sir Stinkalot]

Hello,
I am currently turning a bowl on the Teknatool lathe with the small faceplate. I have just finished the recess for the Super Nova Chuck and applied the eee and Shellawax. Now the face plate is stuck so how do I get it off? :confused


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May the stink be with you :)

[Kev Y.]

Dear Confused... Hammer and cold chisel, dynamite, BST (British Standard Thump)

Kev http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/wink.gif

[RETIRED]

Gooday.

Can you get a pair of Stillsons or a pipe wrench on it?

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Ian () Robertson
"We do good turns every day"

[ubeaut]

Usually a couple of good sharp whacks with a hammer will be enough to break the seal.

[Tristan Croll]

I used to have that problem with my faceplate - after turning a large piece of hard material such as an ironbark sleeper, it would take some serious thumping with a hammer to start the faceplate unscrewing. The method for immobilising the driveshaft on this particular (very old) lathe is to insert a large screwdriver into the hole in the shaft. After a while, I noticed the edges of the hole getting a little distorted, so I decided to do something about it. Solution: I went out and bought a sheet of polycarbonate (the stuff they sell at Mitre 10 for the roofs of greenhouses etc) and cut a rough washer with a stanley knife. Result: now it's still fairly difficult to break the seal, but I can usually get it turning without having to resort to the sledgehammer.

HTH,

Tristan

[Terry Porter]

One way to release a faceplate which is stuck is to drill a hole in the edge of the plate that will take a tommy bar. You then have the leverage to undo the faceplate and a tap on the bar with a hammer might just help it on its way. Purists may say that the hole may put the face plate out of balance but what the hell.
Since using this method to release one stuck faceplate on my Graduate I have now drilled out all the smaller faceplates in the same way. I believe newer Grad faceplates actually come with an edge hole.

Good luck

[Tim the Timber Turner]

As I understand the original problem, the faceplate became stuck after using shellawax and EEE.
This is a pretty impressive advert for these products. They must realy work deeply if they can penatrate a steel faceplate and lock up the lathe thread.

Maybe BRUDDA should investigate these products for glueing up his chopping boards.

I wonder if I have succeded in stiring the General????

Yes! Yes!! I can feel the rumblings starting across the boarder.(BORDER) Is this the spelling you were unsure of?

I think I will unplug my computer now, before the power surge arrives from Girlylong. (we sure could use a spellchecker on this site).

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[Iain]

For the benefit of those who do not understand Terry's down under language( http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/wink.gif), a tommy bar is a wrecking bar.


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[Sir Stinkalot]

Hey,
Thanks for the advice. The problem has now been solved. This is what I did.

I managed to pry the project off the faceplate with some gentle negotiation. Then with just the faceplace stuck to the lathe I took the tool for removing oil filers off cars and wrapped that around. No problem.

The ideal solution would be one of the filter removal tools that is made of seat belt material. This can then pass over the diameter of the work and then wrap around the face plate for easy removal.

YAH

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May the stink be with you :)

[Tim the Timber Turner]

Check out a gaget called a BOA CONSTRICTOR Bunnies sell them. they come in 2 sizes the larger one being most usefull.

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Some days I turns thisaway, somedays I turns thataway and other days I don't turn at all.

[Iain]

(Sotto Voce) hate it when I'm wrong
http://www.ubeaut.biz/sulkoff.gif

[Terry Porter]

Come on Iain, what's all this about tommy bars being wrecking bars? Maybe you could use a wrecking bar to loosen a faceplate, but it's a bit of an overkill!

Also, I don't live down under, but up in the old mother country of Britain. You can often find me in that excellent British publication 'Woodturning'magazine.

Happy turning.

[Kev Y.]

Tommy Bars?

I prefer POMMY Bars! http://www.ubeaut.biz/hehehe.gif

[Iain]

I stand here and I look UP at the sky, it is generally accepted that Downunder is opposite to up.
Therefore, when we look at our feet, the old Mother Country is a bit beyond in the same direction.
It's only logical http://www.ubeaut.biz/group.gif
with apologies for the wrecking bar, I was probably thinking of the BBBL....
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[This message has been edited by Iain (edited 16 May 2002).]

[Terry Porter]

Pommy Bars - Is that an Oz expression for English Pubs, or just watering holes where you find a lot of Brits drinking?

Well, who was Tommy who the bar is named after?

Greetings from 'on top'

Terry

[ubeaut]

Probably Tommy Gun, brother to Owen Gun, Bren Gun and Peter Gun, married to Shot Gun and son of Pop Gun & Ma Barker (she kept her maiden name)

Terry you might be interested to know that the first major shipment of Shellawax, Snellawax Cream, EEE-Ultra Shine and Traditional Wax, is on its way to England and should be there in late June.

Cheers - Neil http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif

[Tim the Timber Turner]

Neil!! will this mean that all the Poms are going to have problems with their faceplates locking up when they start using these products? (refer to the original problem)

This could set back woodturning in the UK by 10 years.

Perhaps we should send Doorstop over there with his 12" tool he uses to fix this problem. He may become a legend and the Poms would want to keep him. Then we could all get together and drink all his coona.

Cheers



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Some days I turns thisaway, somedays I turns thataway and other days I don't turn at all.

[Terry Porter]

Of course, pom faceplates screw on in the opposite direction to those down under. It's just like water going down plug holes!

Up here in the real home of woodturning we polish the objects we have made, not faceplates and chucks.

So, what is this Shellawax stuff like?

Cheers

Terry

[Tim the Timber Turner]

Look out Terry, Neil will be looking for a full page product review in WOODTURNING.

Neil, I have it on good authority that Terry in partial to a case or two of Fosters.

There you are two good turns at once (beat that ).

Cheers

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Some days I turns thisaway, somedays I turns thataway and other days I don't turn at all.

[Iain]

Terry, it's not that good believe me and I have no idea why everyone speaks so highly of it.
Really it has the most awful taste and does not spread at all well on sandwiches, mix it with a bit of metho and it tastes like English beer http://www.ubeaut.biz/thumbdown.gif .
Might as well just use it as a polish as thats about the only thing it does well.
I use it for cabinet making and apply a small amount to a finely sanded surface (600grit plus) then give it an application of Festool Rotex 150 on high speed rotary for a brilliant finish.
High shine, long lasting and looks natural too.

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