My new lathe arrived in perfect condition and the wonderful UPS Freight man backed his truck up my steep, narrow curvy drive and unloaded it directly into my garage. Excellent job Grizzly and UPS.
Now I'm working on designing and building a wooden bench which will be basically like the one built by COONCATBOB on practicalmachinist. The legs will have heavy-duty levelers and the top will be one or two sheets on 3/4 plywood supported by a couple of extra 2x4's down the center with room to access lathe mounting bolts in between.
My question is how to mount the lathe to the plywood top? Originally I planned on adding 1/4 inch metal pads 5 x 12 or so. If I use these should they go under or on top of chip tray? The lathe foot is fairly large already and I don't like the effect of either if the above options. Your thoughts and experiences?
Photo of CoonCatBob's bench
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Now I'm working on designing and building a wooden bench which will be basically like the one built by COONCATBOB on practicalmachinist. The legs will have heavy-duty levelers and the top will be one or two sheets on 3/4 plywood supported by a couple of extra 2x4's down the center with room to access lathe mounting bolts in between.
My question is how to mount the lathe to the plywood top? Originally I planned on adding 1/4 inch metal pads 5 x 12 or so. If I use these should they go under or on top of chip tray? The lathe foot is fairly large already and I don't like the effect of either if the above options. Your thoughts and experiences?
Photo of CoonCatBob's bench
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