Faceplate stuck...Help!

[Allen Howell]

I have an Easy Wood (aluminum?) 4-1/2" faceplate stuck to my spindle. The set screws were tightened, but have now been loosened. There is a 1/4" hole about 1/2" deep on the edge of the faceplate but I don't have anything of that size to try to leverage the faceplate off. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated..

 

[Bob Brown]

Does your spindle lock ?

 

[Allen Howell]

Yes, I have the Nova 1624 II. I tried moving it with my hands after locking the spindle and tried to move it with a 3/8" rod, but no luck.

 

[Ed Weingarden]

I have used a pipe wrench placed on the Spindle area of the face plate. It will leave some blemishes on that area but that is cosmetic only.

 

[Richard Coers]

Buy a strap wrench big enough to go around the bowl. You might try a pipe clamp across the rim of the bowl, and one the hub of the faceplate. Then rap the pipe with a mallet. Impact force works better than a steady force.

 

[Allen Howell]

The pipe wrench worked! Thanks, all, for the help. Now back to making shavings.

 

[hockenbery]

The pipe wrench worked! Thanks, all, for the help. Now back to making shavings.

You might get a spanner wrench

I always snug faceplates and chucks on with a solid push.
That way the come off with an equally solid pull.

A spanner wrench should fit the hole and make snugging and releasing easy

 

[John Grace]

Now that you have it off...get a metal rod that will fit the hole. Next time, insert the rod and apply a 'dead blow' hammer with a sharp whack. Oh...and get a nylon washer spacer for the next time.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Now that you have it off...get a metal rod that will fit the hole. Next time, insert the rod and apply a 'dead blow' hammer with a sharp whack. Oh...and get a nylon washer spacer for the next time.

I use a spacer washer and it really helps in removing things on the spindle. Here is the one I use. https://woodturnerscatalog.com/products/no-lock-spindle-washer

 

[Bill Boehme]

I suspect the reason the faceplate got stuck was from the catches that I see around the perimeter of the bowl.

 

[BobCoates]

I have made several rings from milk, soap or similar plastic containers. Put one on and never need the other ones I made at same time. I used a circle cutter, but two different size hole saw should also work to be fancy. Don't think they need to be perfect circles.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I use a spacer washer and it really helps in removing things on the spindle.

I agree! Got mine at Woodcraft.

 

[hockenbery]

but two different size hole saw should also work t

There are lots of ways to cut circles.
Most of us have machine designed to cut circles.

You can cut them on the lathe with skew point down.
Face off some scrap wood stack your plastic. Pin it to the wood with the tail center
Mark the 2 diameters. Cut the outside cut the inside you then have as many washers as you stacked up.