"Jamie M" wrote in message
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Is there an off the shelf pipe I could buy to thread into this and
put
a couple bearings on the pipe to function as the lathe spindle?
Jamie

Not really, other than the headstock from a scrapped lathe. You could
remove the backplate to mount the chuck on the mill table, or buy a
chuck with a 5C mount and a 5C spin index to hold it.
http://www.dontscrapit.com/Californi...ck-partpic.jpg

I made a short 1-1/2" - 8 arbor that fits in a 1" 5C collet to attach
a 1-1/2 - 8 Jacobs chuck to my 2-1/4" - 8 lathe spindle.