Fw: Need name of component I am looking for

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From: Uptown Gallery & Frame Shop, LLC <uptown@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 6:02 PM
Subject: Need name of component I am looking for


> Hello:
>
> I have a stepper with a 5/8 keyed shaft. Rather than doing the typical
mount
> to a screwdrive, I want to mount items to the motor shaft, like what I
used
> to call a face plate or dog for wood lathe work.
>
> I basically want to have something that mounts to the motor shaft that I
can
> put plastic bobbins with square or rectangular holes on.
>
> I can have someone machine one, but if such a critter already exists, or a
> flat faced plate that I could mount on the 5/8" motor shaft and with
> additional hardware attach other objects, that would work.
>
> I don't know what to call such a thing. When I did wood lathe work, we had
> something that screwed onto the lathe with a coarse 1" or so thread, adn
the
> flat faceplate had holes thru which one could put wood screws into the
wood
> item being turned.
>
> Also, is a tailstock the non-driven support end that would support the
> "dead" end of a rotating spindle of shaft? (Although I remember an option
> that had rotating bearings they called a "live' end instead of a point
that
> got hot from friction.
>
> If I have names for these things, I can shop.
>
> Thanks
>
> Murray
> Tried taigtools
>
>