Jimmy Wilson
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2010
- Location
- Lake Placid FL
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If want a stiffer bench get out the torch (or hot rivets)- bolted joints suck.***It looks like you tubing is stiffer than the stuff this bench is made from.
I don't want to forget anything or make some big mistake.
Too late! You already bought a Chinese crap lathe.
A stand out of whet banana boxes would be a perfect match.
Nick
Lowcountrycamo
You must have been rooting around in some of the old WW2 info to come up with that stand. There was a bulletin put out buy the gov in WW2 on how to pour up a base for the small home lathes, to stiffen them up for doing precision work on them. A lot of home shops produced a lot of the small parts during the war, they were supplied the material, and once a week someone would come by to pick up the product.
The basic method, was to set your lathe on a piece of plywood, and mark the mounting holes, then the lathe was removed, a mold frame was built to the size of the table. Holes were bored thru the ply wood, and studs were set into the plywood for the anchor points of the lathe. Then you would coat the plywood, and frame with a release agent, set rebar in it, then pour the concrete. After it had cured you would knock the frame off. You would then get your friends and turn it over and mount on table, then mount the lathe. Supposedly stopped the vibration, and flexing of the smaller lathes.
I suspect the scrap steel you are using to make the stand is worth far more than the new lathe.
The poured concrete is a good idea. Just incase the whole thing in it and presto a boat ancor.
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