Lathe spindle drive

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This is a stepper drive on a Delta wood lathe. The lathe was retrofitted with a router which requires much lower torque compared to normal wood turning. The lathe spindle has a 1" - 8 threads per inch and MT2. So the work is held from the MT2 while the spindle is driven from the outside threads. I'm posting two possible solutions. a single pulley with threads and a pulley with a separate nut. I was concerned that with threaded pulley would loosen and designed the nut & pulley combination.