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Yes that's certainly what I remember and the lathe does come with an 80mm Aluminium face plate. But it looks flimsy and mounting a short aluminiumon thread onto the steel drive centre makes me cautious. We shall see.

Hi Stigmorgan, I'm sure you're right- they are flimsy, with an aluminium bench mounting and a thin base plate, but they are very cheap and OK for someone pottering occasionally-like a grandchild. I've altready had to rethread the bolt on the plastic lock on the tool support! I also read the two...

Just starting to play around with a Parkside PDM600 lathe I was given as a Christmas present. Its been a mere 55 years since I last made a bowl on a lathe, so it's a learning experience. I think the Parkside it destined for my grandson but in the interim I was trying to source a suitable chuck...