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Cooler fall weather is the perfect time for baking pies — but before you reach for the apples or pumpkin, consider making a savory pie for you dinner table.

The Atlas 12 x 24 which we are getting into running order has a screw on spindle mount similar to the Boxford and, slightly bigger than Myford. When I decided to add a 160mm three jaw chuck, the chuck body had enough metal in it to enable the bore to be increased to just about 1 3/4". The spindle thread is 1 1/2", so a drawbar with a flanged end 1.74" diameter would stop the backplate from unscrewing if reverse was used. This has the drawback of blocking the spindle bore. As already mentioned, ...