Rich Goldner wrote:
I did exactly as you have described with redheads. One nut to anchor to the
floor and another to level the lathe. My lathe was a 12 X 36 chinese import
(good lathe BTW). The only reason I anchored it to the floor was because the
two pedestals that made up the base were rather narrow and I was worried
about tipping the lathe over while using it. If not for that, I would not
have anchored it to the floor. In the end it worked out ok, however, I would
not use redheads again as they did not all (I used eight of them) bite into
the concrete enough to anchor well.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing that experience with me. I am also
concerned about the integrity of the redheads. Seems that they require
an accurate hole be drilled (not too large) and also good quality and
condition concrete floor. I am not sure about the quality of my floor...
only its age.

BTW, I used a 6" Starret precision level to level it. It was a bitch to do.

I can imagine it was... what with eight things to adjust! A lot of deep
knee bends. ;-)

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