LH thread faceplates?

[chuck1]

Not sure of the brand but I bought a face plate from trend timbers and it has an insert cost about 40 dollars.

[Rod Gilbert]

My Tough lathe (which became woodfast) has a 200mm and 100mm r/hand thread faceplate and a 200mm witch has a left and right handed thread in it and can be used on either end of the head stock I don't know if a like product is available now but they must be out there but probably easier to get something made from scratch.
Regards Rod.

[Kuffy]

how does the faceplate with both LH and RH threads work? Is one end of the spindle smaller than the other end?

[powderpost]

I have a number of lace plates with both right and left hand threads in them. The outboard thread is left hand and this allows me to turn the same project either or both inboard or outboard, very hand at times.

Jim

[Paul39]

how does the faceplate with both LH and RH threads work? Is one end of the spindle smaller than the other end?

When I bought the Oneway Stronghold chuck for my Woodfast I asked for a 1 1/4 X 8 RH adapter, which is what the box said.

When I got home, 75 miles away from the store, the adapter was a 1 1/4 X 8 RH / LH. It works fine, but I have to hold my mouth just right to get it to start to thread on to the spindle. As it is the only chuck that fits on the Woodfast and is used for making big bowls, I take it off only every year or so to clean and lubricate the spindle threads and put it back on.

The RH / LH internal threads look really strange.

[Mobyturns]

how does the faceplate with both LH and RH threads work? Is one end of the spindle smaller than the other end?

Both threads are milled into the insert. It looks a mess inside but they do work. I have one for my Vicmarc VM90 chucks for the Nova Mercury lathe. As Paul says you just have to take a little care starting them on the spindle thread.

[clear out]

My Tough lathe (which became woodfast) has a 200mm and 100mm r/hand thread faceplate and a 200mm witch has a left and right handed thread in it and can be used on either end of the head stock I don't know if a like product is available now but they must be out there but probably easier to get something made from scratch.
Regards Rod.

These early lathes have a smaller spindle size than the later Woodfast one needed.
Hyco became Woodfast.
I've never seen a double thread on a Woodfast or Hyco lathe, they definitely had left hand faceplates available.
That sure sounds like a Tough innovation.
No idea what became of Tough, it was WA based wasn't it?
H.

[Pirate323i]

If you are wanting to make one without a welder, you could drill and tap three holes into the face of a LH nut (M30 is pretty big, so plenty of room for a decent thread/bolt) and then bolt a plate on with countersunk/counterbored bolts...

Looks like you gave a very usable solution though! (However, why did you make the nut a snug fit in the next layer of MDF? Wont that risk unwinding?)

All the best!

[powderpost]

I've never seen a double thread on a Woodfast or Hyco lathe, they definitely had left hand faceplates available.
That sure sounds like a Tough innovation.

I have two 300mm aluminium face plates (sanding discs), one 200mm steel face plate and two 80mm steel face plates all genuine Woodfast products made in Australia. All with right and left hand threads.


Jim

[bueller]

No idea what became of Tough, it was WA based wasn't it?
H.

IIRC they were based out of Bentley in WA and they went under. In saying that I'm sure I remember hearing they sold all their stock and parts to bloke over east, can't remember his name though.