"Bill Leonhardt" wrote:

In designing a stand for myself, I will try to incorporate the
following:

1. Make the stand so that you can add lots of weight to keep the
vibration down.

Boxed in area at the bottom so you can use sand. Many tire dealerships
have sand in tubes pretty cheap. Normally used for adding weight and for
emergency traction in winter. A clean solution for the lathe.

2. Make the motor mount so that it is easy to change speeds.
3. Possibly I will add wheels so I can move the lathe if needed.

You're adding weight so that it will not move. Not sure I'd want wheels
on a lathe that would see heavy use. That said, you should find some way
to allow the wheels to retract when not needed, or use a mobile base - a
heavy duty mobile base.

Someone mentioned a 1/2hp motor. I'd go with a 3/4 or higher.