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There isn't room between the bottom of the bed and the top of the stand to put a pan like you linked to. But even if it did I probably wouldn't go that route. At some point I may cut a hole in the cross piece below that little shelf and weld in some stuff for a pull out chip tray but that day is a long ways off.Don't have a 1440, but do have a 1236 that I'm fabbing up a custom stand for. Having easy chip removal access is a big consideration. I looked at your, and PM's photos of your lathe. Having to move the lathe for chip removal seems like a poor design - much like the access to the coolant tank was from the back side on my lathe.
Would it be possible to have a sheet metal tray made to slide under the lathe bed, or a opening cut in the face of the front for a 'sliding drawer', to clean out the chips?
I really like that idea, but the bolt locations for the lathe bed are under the gearbox and are too long to come out or put longer bolts in without removing the gear box. I'm not interested in tearing the lathe completely apart right now so if that happens it will have to wait.If I had that lathe, part of my height gain would be putting spacers between the lathe headstock/tailstock getting it up off of the base. Then making a frame to use some kind of tray under it for cuttings. I use AL cookie sheets under PM-1340GT and they have been sufficient. I have 8 rolling casters and 8 fixed jacks, The rolling casters can be retracted and the lathe rests on the fixed jacks. I raised mine 7" but I'm a foot taller than you are.
Just a thought, How does raising the lathe affect your use of the foot brake?
There isn't room between the bottom of the bed and the top of the stand to put a pan like you linked to. But even if it did I probably wouldn't go that route. At some point I may cut a hole in the cross piece below that little shelf and weld in some stuff for a pull out chip tray but that day is a long ways off.