11/64 INCH DIAMETER HOLE
BACKING
/Cut two slots I80 ° apart to fit the tip of the
screwdriver_ This will allow you to hold the Faceplate
while unscrewing the workpiece.
Attach the Backing to the Faceptate with three ##12 or
#14x3/4 inca flathead wood screws.
TUrn the backing round and true up the face so that it
is approximately 1/32 inch low in the center.
With the Lathe running at 2:250 R.P.M. make amark in
the center and drill a1t/64 inch diameter hole all the
way through. Jf you do not have achuck for your wood
lathe, drill the hole with a drifi press or a portable drill.
DO NOT REMOVE THE BACKING FROM THE
FACEPLATE. If you do, it wiIJ be difficult to replace it
in exactly the same position on the Faceplate.
Screw the CENTER SCREW tight}y into the center hole
in the backing,
To make sure that the workpiece does not rotate
around the Center Screw, drill a 3/16 inch diameter
hole through :the backing _t one of the vacant screw
holes in the Faceplate, Insert a-#'Bo_"#8 wood screw, 1
inch long, a_d screw it into the: Workpiece. When
turning the workpiece, do:n0t h_t _:he screw with the
Cutting Tool.
3/4 INCH
FLATHEAD _;CeEWS
FACE PLATE
WORKPIECE
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operation
MAKING PRACTICE CUTS: ; r _,
:Before starting a project fi st g"n some experience by
". making practice Cuts _n _espieCuaO/e scrap wood...say a
': : : :iandthe T00. Rest :: : :i: : piece of hardwood :2 nc q and 12 inches long.
Spea:rPo_h_; :6_ Skewi _nd Yh_ Td6i: Rest:: :' .......