Customer Reviews

DELTA 46-936 3-Inch Face Plate for Wood Lathes

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This is a well made face plate except threading inside of plate is a little rough but, it does thread on correctly. It is very high priced compared to the quality of metal it is made out of. Made out of aluminum or white metal can't tell which.

I found the product unusable the threads were totally messed up
And was unable to screw it on the lathe I sent it back for an
Exchange and the 2ND one was the same way must have been a
Bad batch from china where it was made.

I own several of these faceplates, as well as the 6" one, which IS a good product, only because they came with the old rockwell lathe I bought used. I wouldn't buy the 3" ones again new even if I needed one. The metal is so soft that when tightening your screws, you etch deep grooves in it. This means that when using a hex head screw, like most people do when faceplate turning so they can tighten the blank up without removing it from the headstock spindle, you're going to eventually need to redrill your holes in a different spot, or resort to washers. Tightening is impossible if you're using countersinked wood screws, unless you like removing the entire blank a couple times in the middle of turning, then readjusting and setting your tool rest. I resorted to using 3/4" dia. fender washers with the hex head machine screws I use. it works fine that way, but its a pain to have to keep them all together. Why can't they at least use cast iron or machined steel???? If I ordered a few of them, I could get a machine shop to do it for almost this price.