On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:47:57 GMT, B A R R Y
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:18:30 GMT, mac davis
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 01:15:13 GMT, B A R R Y
wrote:

Barry... IMHO, if you can get a refund for the legs, go for it..
you can build a rolling stand with storage for less than the price of
the legs..

I kind of like the legs. I've built other stands, for stuff like
thickness planers, and my own router table, so the building isn't the
issue. The wide base and long, skinny top berth nicely into an odd
shaped area in my shop, between my bicycles hanging from one wheel.

I had an extra mobile base laying around, so I devised an easy way for
the lathe stand to slip on and off of the base. This makes the unit
easily movable and easy to set directly on the floor.

Until someone pointed me to the stand extender, I was going to make a
3-4" thick shelf, the same dimensions as the lathe base. with an MDF
top and bottom. I figured I could fill it with sand, if necessary.
I'm kind of tall, so I still have to decide if the extra height is
better.

Thanks!
Barry

yeah, I'm about 6' 2", so I know what you mean..
COming from a Shopsmith, I thought that higher was better.. the SS is
like waist high..
I put the lathe on a portable tool stand and it's actually too high
now, I feel like it's almost chest level..lol

I'm mentally developing a simple table for it that would suspend the
lathe on cross beams for the feet, allowing chips to fall through to a
bin below, and incorporating a chisel rack and fold up "chip
deflectors" the height of the lathe in the back and far side..

My only worry so far about the mini is the location of the motor..
seems to collect sawdust and chips on top of the motor, between the
rails... sort of worried about overheating the lil' bugger and I seem
to be constantly clearing chips from above and below the motor..



mac

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