of course, I'd like to sell you faceplates (go to www.wbnoble.com for
information) - however, to directly answer your question

drill a hole with a 7/8 drill (that will give you a hole that's about
25/32 hole ID - taper the first 1/8 inch so you can get it started,
wax the threads on your lathe with parafin and wind the wood block
onto the late as far as it goes, then take it off - repeat over and
over - each time you will be able to go about 1/2 turn farther -
you'll get a nice pressed thread that way - this will work on LH or RH
threads, of course.

Once you've done that for a while and can't stand it, you can buy my
faceplates..... :-)

bill n


On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:36:03 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:


"Bob" wrote: I'd like to make wood faceplates and handwheels (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Bruce's answer on faceplates is good. However, if you want to tap hardwood
blocks to made wasteblock faceplates, you will have to buy a 1" x 8 TPI tap.
Should be available from any machinist supply.

Here's the story on the handwheel: The thread in the outboard end of the
spindle is 12 TPI x 1/2" LH. Problem is, that is not a standard thread.
The standard pitch would be 13 TPI. Here is what I did. Bought a 3' length
of 1/2" 13 TPI LH (left hand) Allthread, and cut off a few inches. I turned
a wooden handwheel, and epoxied the threaded stub into it. The thread
starts to screw in, and then binds after a couple of turns. That works
okay, because I want the handwheel to be tight in the spindle.

BTW. I was also able to drill axially through the threaded handwheel shaft
and attach a vacuum line to my handwheel, for vacuum chucking.

Don't ask me what to do with the leftover 2 3/4 feet of Allthread. Do you
have a lot of friends with Jet 1236 lathes that you can share it with?

Bill

www.wbnoble.com

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