Hi all, I have one of the old Tiawanese lathes with a Forbes badge, I rebuilt it some time ago and posted the details in this thread - https://metalworkforums.com/f65/t136...t=forbes+lathe
It looks like all the pics have disappeared all bar this one. I can take more if anyone is interested.

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Anyway, to cut to the chase, I am wanting to be able to use a collet chuck on it. The spindle thread is something like 1 15/16" x 8tpi ( or it could even be 50mm with a 8tpi thread cut on it ), and it has a #4.5 MT.
I can get a reducing sleeve from the states to step down from MT4.5 to MT3, then run a collet chuck with MT3 and a drawbar, but I would prefer a collet chuck that screwed directly onto the spindle thread, or an adapter to step the spindle down to M30 x 3.5 to accept a ER32 chuck that I use on my wood lathe.

I remember there was someone who said they got something made up to go on one of these lathes ( maybe was a faceplate ? ) around the time I was rebuilding mine, but I can't find , or remember the details.

Does anyone have any suggestions where I can go from here ?
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