Dear All,
I have a lathe which is to be installed on 4th floor in my lab. I want
to know what kind of foundation is required and how to go for it. My
vendor suggests he has some readymade rubber foundations available for
the same. Will that do.
Kindly help.

Thanks
Santanu

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:32:30 -0800 (PST), with neither quill nor
qualm, santanu quickly quoth:

Dear All,
I have a lathe which is to be installed on 4th floor in my lab. I want
to know what kind of foundation is required and how to go for it. My
vendor suggests he has some readymade rubber foundations available for
the same. Will that do.
Kindly help.

What size/weight of lathe?

What kind of building?

What kind of flooring?

Lab? Will you be turning your own test tubes and beakers? snort

You guys remind me of the people who used to call up the body shop on
the phone and ask for an estimate for the damage to their car.

When will people learn to give all the pertinent facts to help others
help them? Krikey!

--
Seen on a bumper sticker: ARM THE HOMELESS

On Dec 19, 3:32 am, santanu wrote:
Dear All,
I have a lathe which is to be installed on 4th floor in my lab. I want
to know what kind of foundation is required and how to go for it. My
vendor suggests he has some readymade rubber foundations available for
the same. Will that do.
Kindly help.

Thanks
Santanu

Should be fine. We had a floor made of 2x4 Oak 2" long stood on end
and we used steel plates under
the base screws to spread the load. The lathe was 15" Colchester and
a Hardinge. Did the same with 2 CNC Bridgeports. We were on the 5th
floor with classrooms below us. The tablesaw mounted router made the
most noise, we only had to close the top of the dutch door and wear
hearing protectors when we use it. Our labs moved to different parts
of the buildings over the years and we moved to a more central
location in the hospital, the basement. When the shop was remodeled
we got a floor llike those in jiffy lubes, at least now when you drop
a tiny piece you can find it.

Yes, labs, on our site there are 3 larger shops and 2 or 3 in labs. In
our building, we have 1 large shop, 1 student shop, and another lab
shop. ....the glassblowers take care of the glassware, we only will
get it when it's time to fit it to the experiment. True to the phrase
"something different every day"


enat

Seen on a bumper sticker: ARM THE HOMELESS


....they have enough arms....it's the HANDS that are the problem.

enat

On Dec 19, 6:13 pm, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:32:30 -0800 (PST), with neither quill nor
qualm, santanu quickly quoth:

Dear All,
I have a lathe which is to be installed on 4th floor in my lab. I want
to know what kind of foundation is required and how to go for it. My
vendor suggests he has some readymade rubber foundations available for
the same. Will that do.
Kindly help.

What size/weight of lathe?

What kind of building?

What kind of flooring?

Lab? Will you be turning your own test tubes and beakers? snort

You guys remind me of the people who used to call up the body shop on
the phone and ask for an estimate for the damage to their car.

When will people learn to give all the pertinent facts to help others
help them? Krikey!

--
Seen on a bumper sticker: ARM THE HOMELESS

Thanks for ur nice comments anyways.. i didnt had the specs. of the
lathe previusly..moreover here are those..
Length: 4.5' and Height of cent 8.5", lathe to be kept on 4th floor
of a office complex, concrete flooring.

On Dec 19, 1:32 pm, santanu wrote:
Dear All,
I have a lathe which is to be installed on 4th floor in my lab. I want
to know what kind of foundation is required and how to go for it. My
vendor suggests he has some readymade rubber foundations available for
the same. Will that do.
Kindly help.

Thanks
Santanu

Lathe specs: length of lathe: 4.5' and height of cent 8.5" to be
mounted on 4th floor of a office complex, concrete flooring.