Honestly - I was in the same boat.
I ended up purchasing the Woodcraft Nova stand - with no regrets.
I added a shelf on it w/ 200lbs of sand and it works fine.

The real challange was - It had to be mobile so I did some heavy duty
adaptation of norms assembly table wheel drop gizmo. It works great. I
have to use a 6' prybar as a lever in order to get enough leverage to get
the wheels to kick out. Its a pretty good design if I do say so myself.
Ill post pic if anyone wants to see it.

I never saw anything about the case iron legs in the US. Can someone point
me to some pics of them?

Thanks

-Rob

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I've had my Nova now for about two years and at first I said it would
do as a good beginners lathe then I would replace it with some heavy
metal (Stubby or Oneway or Powermatic) but whenever I use it I don't
really feel the need for anything else. It has grown on me so I've
decided to keep it for a long time (much to my wife's relief). I
presently have it on a big plywood box filled with sand and it works
well but I would like a metal stand for it. Does anyone have any
suggestions or an old steel or cast iron stand for sale? I've seen the
metal stand at WoodCraft and it seems like it would be solid with a
little bit of welding. Teknatool's cast iron legs are gorgeous but
nobody sells them here yet (checked yesterday at WoodCraft) and buying
from Australia has huge shipping rates. Any suggestions, plans, or
photos to give me ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you much,
Guy