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Lathe Stand

The 3000 is here, and as I assemble to get my limiting dimension requirements, I am mentally designing my stand.

I know that the table/cabinet type will work just fine. Ol' Blue has been running on his for years. But - there isn't enough room under the ways to get the shavings out, save with a hook and drag method. I'm sick of doing it, and ready to try something new. My current crop of ideas include:

1) Rout openings in a plywood top below and between the bed members to allow the shavings to fall.

2) Use parallel 2x3 for the lathe and cantilever a shelf between bed and the wall to catch shavings and hide sharp-edged tools.

3) Platform mount, by elevating the attachment points with plywood perpendicular to the length to gain an inch and a half of clearance.

Of these, the third seems most appealing, and not because it also seems the easiest, but because it preserves the larger footprint of 1 over 2, and has no hidden ledges to hide buildup of shavings under the ways.

Now, as a naturally suspicious type, I wonder if I'm not building to fail with 3. Any thoughts?

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George
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Several buckets full of railroad spikes?? I've got a couple (doesn't everybody), but several Buckets full??

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Lobby Dosser

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Eddie Munster

Yeah! That's ridiculous. I stored them in cardboard cartons. Much more economical packaging method.

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Will

Don't worry, they are just a by-product of his rail and switch collection. Billh

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billh

I have a Delta with factory metal stand. I put a horizontal shelf of 3/4 plywood about 18 inches from the floor with angled holes to hold tools, and straight ones for centers, chuck. There are dowel stubs to hold the faceplates & large chuck.

There are two 2 x 2's across near the top with the back one lower. On these is mounted a sheet of 1/4 plywood extending over the shaving box in the back. This works extremely well for me except for the flying shavings which hit a hanging shower curtain and drop into the box. The thin plywood vibrates just enough to keep the shavings sliding down it.

The stand is bolted to two pieces of 2x4 front to back and the 2 by 4's are glued to the concrete floor with silicone.

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Gerald Ross

Did number three, elevating 1 1/2 inches over the top. I can get my hand under there to find something if I drop it, and grab a handful if I need it.

Made the footprint wider than the swing, and a not-so-secret compartment at the base for chicken grit if I start swinging bigger stuff. I'm still relocating things to keep both her and Blue in the workshop. Blue stays for the heavy stuff until she proves she can take it, and then perhaps to the big kid when he sets up again stateside.

I'll try a picture on abpw again.

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George

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