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A lathe with two headstock
feet and a single tailstock foot would be ideal. It seems you could
plunk such on a level floot and go right to work because three point
contact defines the position.

I don't know why all lathes, or at least all benchtop lathes, aren't
made with three feet. There's no such thing as a wobbly three-legged
stool.

I've thought of putting an iron block under the tail-end feet of my
lathe: both feet would bolt to it, and its bottom would be a shallow
vee. There would be a narrow land in the center, with a single bolt
hole for mounting to the bench. Of course I'd put the head end on a
similar, but flat bottomed, block.

The only problem I can think of is that everything could end up too
flexible. I don't know. Would my nice, fairly stiff lathe get all
vibratey if I did this? Anyone got any thoughts about it?

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