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Re using the drawer..& the underside of the cabinet tops :- Some of my ideas ... I'm right handed so if your left handed thing might need altering. ...
I found that I was better off storing my change gears as a tower on a long threaded bolt that passes through a base plate , keeping the tower in a large round cut open plastic washed out bleach container that still retains the handle part . It it sits on the lowest shelf of the lathe stand with ease & protects the delicate gear teeth . The bleach bottle is tough and makes it easy to pick the lot up in one hand . Plus I know that all the gears are there when the tube is full ..it also has a standard 1 " dia washer & finger tight nut on the top end of the long bolt to keep them all together.
I use a shelf I made for under the lathe stand top about six inches down to store all my QCT holders , both chucks and hung a paid of side by side index card steel drawers in the cabinet to hold things like a small tin of good centre points, the change gear bolts in a small tin box , extra chuck key , the three drill chucks for the lathe , Morse sleeves , fixed whole & half point center and a live centre point plus a few extras like a thin stainless steel wire to poke any crud out of the spindle/chuck threads if needed . To the right of these drawers I have a shallow tray that holds the common frequently used lathe tools such as the best lathe chuck key , the bed lock key/ spanner , a small high density rubber hammer on a steel shaft , the saddle locking nut hex socket device and a 1/2 " good condition paint brush & finally a simple 1/4 " x 4 inch long finely turned pointed bar that I can slip in a saddle chuck and point to a centre pop mark on a piece I want to set up in the four jaw chuck & finally a ring & open jaw spanner that fits the QCT holder top nut & a "T" Allen key for the Allen cap screws that hold the tool sin place in the QC tool holder .
I soon found that this was a better set up than what I'd had before ,where I was moving about and stretching all over the place to get hold of the frequently used tools .
You could add pairs of 45 Kg fully extending ball bearing runners drawer slides at numerous positions in the to make a decent set of tool drawers inside the cabinet when you can afford it .
Taking the power distribution bar out the cabinet & put a sturdy aluminium angle strip either side to protect it from accidental knocks etc.
Putting it on the side of the cabinet would be a doddle to do and give you a lot of easy access to the power to use other tools when the lathe is not in use instead of having to have the door stay open .
I found that I was better off storing my change gears as a tower on a long threaded bolt that passes through a base plate , keeping the tower in a large round cut open plastic washed out bleach container that still retains the handle part . It it sits on the lowest shelf of the lathe stand with ease & protects the delicate gear teeth . The bleach bottle is tough and makes it easy to pick the lot up in one hand . Plus I know that all the gears are there when the tube is full ..it also has a standard 1 " dia washer & finger tight nut on the top end of the long bolt to keep them all together.
I use a shelf I made for under the lathe stand top about six inches down to store all my QCT holders , both chucks and hung a paid of side by side index card steel drawers in the cabinet to hold things like a small tin of good centre points, the change gear bolts in a small tin box , extra chuck key , the three drill chucks for the lathe , Morse sleeves , fixed whole & half point center and a live centre point plus a few extras like a thin stainless steel wire to poke any crud out of the spindle/chuck threads if needed . To the right of these drawers I have a shallow tray that holds the common frequently used lathe tools such as the best lathe chuck key , the bed lock key/ spanner , a small high density rubber hammer on a steel shaft , the saddle locking nut hex socket device and a 1/2 " good condition paint brush & finally a simple 1/4 " x 4 inch long finely turned pointed bar that I can slip in a saddle chuck and point to a centre pop mark on a piece I want to set up in the four jaw chuck & finally a ring & open jaw spanner that fits the QCT holder top nut & a "T" Allen key for the Allen cap screws that hold the tool sin place in the QC tool holder .
I soon found that this was a better set up than what I'd had before ,where I was moving about and stretching all over the place to get hold of the frequently used tools .
You could add pairs of 45 Kg fully extending ball bearing runners drawer slides at numerous positions in the to make a decent set of tool drawers inside the cabinet when you can afford it .
Taking the power distribution bar out the cabinet & put a sturdy aluminium angle strip either side to protect it from accidental knocks etc.
Putting it on the side of the cabinet would be a doddle to do and give you a lot of easy access to the power to use other tools when the lathe is not in use instead of having to have the door stay open .
