"Dorothy and Richard Shelson" wrote in message
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Thanks for your message. The Lathe is old, probably mid 1970's so it is
not likely to be listed on any active page. It IS listed on the Old
Woodworking Machines page at the following URL

http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=102

It does not have a Morse taper in the Headstock, only the Thread mount I
mentioned. It has a #2 Morse Taper in the Tailstock which is where I
currently mount the Jacobs Chuck when I need to use it.


Sounds like that's the only place you'll be using it. The Rockwell
Beaver/Homecraft lines were a step down from their shop quality machines,
which puts them at least one step above the current crop. They made some
compromises to keep the price down, one of which, the drive spindle, you
have discovered. The only suggestion I have remaining is to get an adapter
made by a machinist, similar to
http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...-acc-spndladpt

I had a local do a 1 1/4x 8 TPI to 1" pin chuck for me for $25 bucks.