Face Plates

**mick61** · 9th April 2012, 12:31 AM

G`day fella`s I was wondering if you could help me? I had some face plates made for wood turning the issue is that the the nut welded to the face plate is not as long as the spindle nose it comes up about 7mm short. Now the main thing is that it seems to encourage vibration which is not a good thing.

Solution No 1 do I get a packer(spacer) made to suit the the spindle nose or do I have to source a longer nut if there is such a thing.

No 2 do I stop being a tight #### and buy them of the shelf.

No 3 If the spacer is the answer can one of you kind gentleman make me a pair of packers?If so what can I do in return?

P.S.The measurements that i took with vernier where OD 43mm internal Diameter 25.6mm
if I am reading the vernier correctley by 7mm thick.

The lathe is a woodfast 280s.

Thanks in advance for the advice.
Mick

Dave J · 9th April 2012, 12:40 AM

The spacer sounds like the way to go.
Is there a hole for the thread come though the face plate? If not you maybe able to bore the face plate to allow the thread to come through a bit which will let it go back that bit, as long as the face plate is thick enough so the thread doesn't protrude.

Dave

**Stustoys** · 9th April 2012, 12:58 AM

Hi Mick,
Some photos would help.
Does the back of the nut run true to the front of the face plate?Does the back of the nut run true to the shoulder of the spindle(where the washer would seat)?

Stuart

**mick61** · 9th April 2012, 01:28 AM

Dave that is a distinct possability not sure i have big enough drill bit also dont want to damage thread and no drill press the size to drill hole that diameter.

StuartPossibly the face plates are just made up of 10mm steel ground roughly to round with m33 nuts welded to them.

Dave J · 9th April 2012, 01:33 AM

A member down your way might be able to do it on there lathe, and also clean up both the face plate and the nut for you at the same time.

Dave

**mick61** · 9th April 2012, 09:00 AM

Dave that would be a great solution of course there would be a drink in it for them or some sort of turning to compensate them for there time.
Mick

**old pete** · 9th April 2012, 11:21 AM

Hi Mick 61

I think Stuart has the problem sussed. Many years ago I got some face plates made by an amateur metal working friend just like you describe. The nuts were a 1" by 10tpi. The faces and edges of the plates were trued up on the lathe by holding the flats of the nut in the chuck. The finished plates then wouldn't run true on my wood lathe. Guess what? the internal thread on the nut wasn't centered in the hex bar that the nut had bee produced from. After mounting the plates on a mandrel and re-turning they worked just fine. The moral of the story? don't assume anything in this world will be correct unless you have done it yourself

Incidentally I haven't used a face plate other than to run a 300mm sanding disk on the lathe for many years. Maybe time to move on to something a bit more sophisticated??

Cheers Old Pete

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Hi Mick,
Some photos would help.
Does the back of the nut run true to the front of the face plate?Does the back of the nut run true to the shoulder of the spindle(where the washer would seat)?

Stuart

**mick61** · 9th April 2012, 11:38 AM

G`day Pete trueness is not that great an issue because once you put timber on face plate and true timber it should be fine it`s the fact that the nut does not butt up to the spindle nose shoulder.Yes maybe just by face plates instead.
Mick

**old pete** · 9th April 2012, 03:28 PM

Hi Mick61,

I don't disagree with your thesis but I find it very annoying to be looking at something spinning on the lathe that not true when its spinning alongside somethng that is turning true. Maybe i'm too hard to please.....lots of people say so!!

Cheers Old pete

**Stustoys** · 9th April 2012, 03:38 PM

Pictures?

**old pete** · 9th April 2012, 07:07 PM

Hi Stustoys,

Here's a few images of my face plates. They are 300mm 150mm and 100 mm respectively.

Cheers Old Pete

**Bryan** · 9th April 2012, 09:59 PM

I wouldn't bother trying to true that. Whack a spacer behind it and off you wobble.

**old pete** · 10th April 2012, 06:17 PM

Hi again Stustoys,

Looks like I dropped off some of the images I meant to send you yesterday. Having another try and hoping for better luck this time,

Cheers Old pete

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Pictures?

**mick61** · 10th April 2012, 09:34 PM

G`day pete the smaller ones are the same as mine yours are more round.
Mick

**Stustoys** · 11th April 2012, 09:51 AM

Thanks for the pictures Old Pete.
Mick, if you'd like to check your sizes and pm me your address.

Stuart

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