Hi
I assume you have had no luck with Australian distributors. FYI I have bought parts (threading gears) from a company in Taiwan that makes lathes similar/same to most of the Chinese and Taiwanese ones etc from H&F and other local suppliers. The company is Gosan and they were very helpful and much cheaper than locally even after exchange rate, fees, shipping costs etc. Perhaps you could ask them - I would be curious how you go as I have the same backing plate config and you never know when you may want a backing plate.
The name of the contact I used about 6 months ago was Kao
GOSAN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
NO. 131, RUEIHE. ST., DA LI CITY,
TAICHUNG COUNTY TAIWAN R.O.C.
TEL: 886-4-24950259 FAX: 886-4-24934507
E-mail:
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http://www.shyesheng.com (wlmailhtml:{E6F43ED1-AC27-4442-8BA0-7F9F55CABC19}mid://00000203/!x-usc:http://www.shyesheng.com/)