Picador lathe spindle size?

[lastminute]

A friend has picked up a Picador lathe...needs to fit a backplate on it, but unsure of the thread size!!

He can't measure it...It looks like about 1/2" ..could be 5/8"

Any ideas.

Thanks Gerry

 

[DTR]

1/2” x 24tpi, according to lathes.co.uk:

http://www.lathes.co.uk/picador/