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  1. 18th June 2012, 03:08 PM #1
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    Hello all

    I have purchased a lathe second hand about a month ago with the intention of turning pens and other small projects. nothing serious and I wanted to do it with only a small outlay

    having only limited knowledge of lathes and woodturning when I made the purchase I foolishly got a lathe with a solid shaft (no MT) the lathe is some obscure brand made in Aus and not out of business.

    question is. is it possible to replace the current shaft with one that has a MT? or can i get some sort of adaptor? apart from the lack of the MT it’s a great lathe (at least for what I have been doing wit it so far)

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    Blake,

    If you can post a couple of pictures of the lathe , and also it's brand&model.
    These will help us to give an educated answer, .

    I think that you will either have to have a shaft made of the existing shaft turned out by a fitter&turner, which means that you will have to disassemble the lathe and pull the shaft & bearings out.

    There are no adaptors that I am aware of.

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    There are ways around it. You can use a chuck and get a steb centre that fits into the chuck or get an adapter made by Vermec. They make a spindle extension into which they can bore a MT of your choice.

    Personally I would go for the chuck, which will be handy for the other little projects.


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