Unless it's an off brand, the faceplate should be a standard thread common to the industry for that particular size of lathe. Typical are 3/4 - 16tpi, 1-10tpi, 1-8tpi, etc. What brand lathe is it?
Making one is very difficult in that the faceplate needs to be flat AND perpendicular to the axis of rotation - not to mention balanced.
Thanks everyone for your input. I was thinking about going and getting a 1x8tpi nut and then attaching that to a piece of MDF... has anyone ever done something like this? If I can do this, i could make many faceplates for VERY cheap and have a variety of sizes.
Mike
you bore a hole in both pieces of wood that allows the nut to bottom out on the sholder of the shaft.