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Many thanks for all your replies. It's told me what I suspected, namely that a steel top is not suitable without support.

I was having great difficulty find this information elsewhere.

I'll use a wooden base.

Emgee and Ady1, thanks very much, that's given me a much clearer idea.

I wonder if someone can advise a total novice on what would be the optimum thickness of a 1200mm x 600mm mild steel sheet.

When I say optimum thickness I'm talking about using it as a worktop and storage shelf. It would be supported on all four sides only.

So what I really need to know what sort of thickness would be rigid enough not to bow, without being impractically heavy?

As i said before, I've no experience with sheet metal, so I've no idea.

Cheers Nick.

You're quite correct.

The reason I thought it didn't have a register is that mine has a tiny faceplate attached to it, which I cannot remove at present.

The lathe is totally stripped down atm, so the spindle is out of the headstock, so I'll not be able to try and remove the faceplate until it's back together.

Many thanks for the pics, it's all becoming much clearer.

Brilliant Nick, thank you very much.

I did suspect 1" UNF might do the trick, as it's 12TPI, but I wasn't sure of the pitch.

Once again, thanks very much.

Thanks for that

Gets more complex by the minute.

Thanks for that.

Why I'm asking is I need a faceplate. I do have a suitable candidate but it needs tapping.

So now that idea is out, does anyone know if a Drummond or a Myford ML8 inboard faceplate, which are both 1'' 12 TPI would do the trick?

Can anyone enlighten me as to what thread the headstck spindle thread is on a Rana B?

It's listed (and measures) one inch, and has 12 threads per inch.

Being a UK pre war design, one would imagine it's BSF, but that seems to be 10 TPI

UNF is 12 TPI at one inch, but I can't imaging a pre war UK manufacturer using a US thread.

Any help would be much appriceated.