new subscriber here, thank you so much Alan.......best wishes from Florida in the US.....Paul

The stick out of the cutter is causing a lot of chatter. Also, the stack of washers will never do. Make a larger tool holder out of solid steel. Next, to keep the cutting tool closer to the face plate make the compound parallel with the cross slide. I appreciate your effort to improve your lathe. Cheerio

well, you know the casting is solid anyway.........cheers, PB

The centre mandrel will be a lot easier to extract if you turn a low draft taper onto it. Much easier to knock out if it isn't parallel.

I'd be careful drilling out the centre. Drills will always make a hole slightly larger than their intended size. Might need a reamer to get it spot on. Then again might get away with it.

I have no idea why folks like to leave the top slide at 45 degrees. Put it at 90 degrees either way and you should be able to reduce your tool overhang heaps.

The persuader, love it

Cool, keep going!! Greetings From Brazil

Could it be that the faceplate is not mounted very solidly on the spindle and shifts a little bit while machining?

7:40 , holy smokes......shorten up the stick out on that tool....... the vibrations you are getting must be tremendous......

Commenting before watching. Wondering if the title “First Faceplate” is ominous foreshadowing.

Plan B sound good !

How NOT to do it. Can be almost as useful as "How to do it"!