On Saturday, 4 November 2017 17:51:32 UTC, Justin-Austin, TX wrote:
Hi. I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to remove a part. I recently bought the lathe at an estate sale. The guy who had it was making guitars and it came with a buffer attached to the spindle. On the opposite side of the motor there is a hole that i'm told you use to tap out different accessories but in the hole is a threaded rod that rotates with the spindle.. I've tried tapping it but don't want to bend the rod or ruin the teeth on the threaded rod.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I can email you pictures if necessary.

Your best bet wound be to use a three leg set of bearing pullers on the buffer and against the headstock .... not a good idea to go whacking some unknown ex user object that has been shoved up the hollow spindle !!!!