For Harry and others with older lathes designed for spindle turning, but
have threaded outboard spindles.

For occasional outboard turning or as a permanent set up, would it be
practical to mount a hardwood blank on an inboard faceplate and turn a
large diam. wooden Vee belt pulley almost equal to the swing or get
fancy and turn a multi-diam. pulley. Then drive the inboard spindle at a
very slow speed for larger outboard work by remounting the present or
another motor that has a small diam. pulley.

Inconvenient and inelegant maybe, but could this be a practical
solution? If not, I'll go back to musing inside the box.


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