stand for Nova DVR

Mine's out of particleboard. A cabinet weighted with hand tools in storage and a shellacked MDO top for water shedding. Almost two full sheets of 3/4 board with compartments and shelves, and then the tools, seem to keep the whole on the floor. Don't need to store sand in my small shop.

One end is fitted with metal casters, which, in normal use, with modestly tapered kickboards are 1/8" off the floor. The other end has handgrips, so with tools on the big bench, I can raise the end, placing the casters on the floor for moving.

My 300lb Delta lathe is on a heavy sheet metal stand and seems to work quite well. I don;t know what guage steel it is, but it is heavier then any other stand I have received with a power tool. If I desired, I would have no problem adding more weight to it.

Leslie

Hello William,

I built my stand several years ago for a Nova 3000 and then just set my Nova DVR

When we were in New Zealand last spring, we stayed with Dick Veitch, who also had a Nova DVR 3000. His was on a metal stand and equipped with casters. He loaded it into a trailer and toted it all over. The casters swung out of the way as I recall to let the lathe set solidly on the floor. It looked like a heavier metal stand than what Woodcraft sells, but may have been the same stand. I suspect it was made by Teknatool.

Fred Holder

I have the DVR stand at woodcraft. I added a shelf to it and added 300 lbs of sand to the shelf - its solid at hell. Also added flip down casters when I need to move it. (I use a lever to lift it so the casters flip down)

It works great.

My stand holds both my Nova DVR and my Grizzly 1067 (hey, I got it for real short money used). The top is 3" thick hard maple (60"x28"). Its sitting on a frame made from laminated 2x4s (each leg and all stretchers are 6"x4") and everything is mortise/tenon construction. A shelf is available for putting more weight if needed, but the entire unit (including the lathes) weighs close to

Peter Teubel Milford, MA

Take a look at the NWY work table he did w/ the flip down casters.

Used that idea but adopted it to the base. I posted pics a while ago - If I get a chance - Ill post them again.

-R

I made what was essentially a plywood box filled with sand for my old Nova, with the lathe it weighed about 500 pounds +/-. I attached wheels to the feet. I would wheel it around and used an old car jack to lift it a touch and put a piece of plywood under each foot to get the wheels off the ground. It was very solid and low $$. The stand at Woodcraft looks good and you can easily beef it up by closing the sides in with plywood and add more weight by using sand. When I took a turning class at Woodcraft a couple years ago I used a Nova on the metal stand and it worked just fine. Just a thought though, how about those cast iron legs that Teknatool has now for the DVR and 3000? They look real good and solid. I'm sure you would have to order from Woodcraft. If I wasn't selling my Nova that's what I would probably get. Take it easy, Guy

The new legs do look nice but not listed by woodcraft yet.

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