On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:10:32 -0800, Jon Anderson wrote:
I forgot to mention, this spaced the machine up a bit, so they had a
short platform welded up out of square steel tube, with heavy expanded
steel top. This brought the operator back up to proper height with the
machine and had the benefit of allowing chips to fall through to the
floor. If there's one thing I hate it's stepping on chips, even a couple
underfoot gets to me. These stand on risers were light and easy to move
out of the way for sweeping.

Well, I find that having the machine up on a pallet brings it to a more
comfortable working height for me (brings the work closer to my bifocals,
so I don't have to stoop over to see what the cutter is doing). I have
my lathes on taller than normal stands for the same reason.

Gary