Steve Worcester
Admin Emeritus
If you want to make faceplate blocks or wooden vacuum chucks that thread right onto your headstock, Beall now makes taps in 1"x8, 1 1/4" x8 and 33mm.
They look to be priced right too.
http://www.bealltool.com/products/turning/spindletap.php
I can't vouch for the product, but I do know it is about 1/2 of what I paid for a 33mm tap a few years ago.
They look to be priced right too.
http://www.bealltool.com/products/turning/spindletap.php
I can't vouch for the product, but I do know it is about 1/2 of what I paid for a 33mm tap a few years ago.