my mill is an Abene from the early 70s, (1970s, not 1870s) - it's Swiss
made, combination horizontal/vertical, with 6 hp spindle motor (18 speeds)
and a 2 hp table motor (3 axis) - it uses a NMTB-40 taper in the spindle -
it's a about 4X heavier than my Stubby lathe -

"Arch" wrote in message
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Bill, I've made that same mistake and too frugal to throw it away. Try
mounting a big piece of scrap on your mistake then carefuly and safely
make a big delberate catch. You may have invented a better safety drive
for holding large blanks than a dead ring or Steb center.

Some turners for comfort and to see the wall better like to reverse the
spindle and turn open interiors from across the bed on the opposite
side. Locking a RH threaded holding device to the spindle, of course.

What mill do you have? I may have some extra cutters and tooling for
it.


Turn to Safety, Arch
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