Hi Barry,

That should work fine. But Jet does offer a mini stand extender for that
lathe. Here is a link to it. You will have to scroll almost to the bottom of
the page to see it.

http://www.hutproducts.com/jet9.html

Best wishes,
Dave

David Peebles
Lyons, Ohio
Revolutions Woodturning
www.bowlturner.com

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
...
Esteemed wood turners,

I'm the "normal" woodworker who posted questions a few weeks back.
You've answered them so well, I'll ask some more. G

I bought the Jet mini, extension, and stand. After assembling it
tonight, the lathe definitely does not fit the stand with the
extension in place. Does anyone see any negatives of me building a
heavy hardwood / MDF platform to mount the extended lathe to the stock
stand? Any better ideas?

My local library had Raffan's "Turning Wood" and Dunbar's "Wood
Turning for Cabinet Makers". Dunbar's book seems to be exactly what
I'm looking for at the moment, Raffia's book seems like a great
reference spindle and foot turning.

I still don't have any turning tools, as I've enrolled in a local
turning class that starts 1/5. In class, I'll get to try all sorts of
tools, which should help me decide which ones to buy first. However,
I've messed around with bench chisels and some scrap mahogany squares
I have laying around, and I think the bug is biting. Turning is so
quiet, and it's amazing how a work piece develops! G

Thanks for all the help so far!

Barry

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..

Esteemed wood turners,

I'm the "normal" woodworker who posted questions a few weeks back.
You've answered them so well, I'll ask some more. G

I bought the Jet mini, extension, and stand. After assembling it
tonight, the lathe definitely does not fit the stand with the
extension in place. Does anyone see any negatives of me building a
heavy hardwood / MDF platform to mount the extended lathe to the stock
stand? Any better ideas?

My local library had Raffan's "Turning Wood" and Dunbar's "Wood
Turning for Cabinet Makers". Dunbar's book seems to be exactly what
I'm looking for at the moment, Raffia's book seems like a great
reference spindle and foot turning.

I still don't have any turning tools, as I've enrolled in a local
turning class that starts 1/5. In class, I'll get to try all sorts of
tools, which should help me decide which ones to buy first. However,
I've messed around with bench chisels and some scrap mahogany squares
I have laying around, and I think the bug is biting. Turning is so
quiet, and it's amazing how a work piece develops! G

Thanks for all the help so far!

Barry



mac

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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

Please remove splinters before emailing

Correct lathe height, according to what I've read or heard, is elbow
height for the particular operator. 3/4 MDF sounds insufficient to hold
up a lathe withour vibration, even if it cantilevers the base legs by
only a few inches. You could go with "2" by construction lumber (1
5/8"), tho. I made a whole stand of 2x12 and 2x6 with 3/4 ply sides,
works well and very stable.

wrote in message
oups.com...
Correct lathe height, according to what I've read or heard, is elbow
height for the particular operator. 3/4 MDF sounds insufficient to hold
up a lathe withour vibration, even if it cantilevers the base legs by
only a few inches. You could go with "2" by construction lumber (1
5/8"), tho. I made a whole stand of 2x12 and 2x6 with 3/4 ply sides,
works well and very stable.


Don't need the frame if you glue and fasten the sheet goods. Especially if
you use shelves and/or dividers to reinforce the shell. Think of it as
chipboard monocoque, or "unibody."

Don't need the cantilever if your square cabinet has a larger footprint
than the lathe, and you can gain some good storage as well.

Trouble with construction lumber is folks tend to assemble with fasteners,
which work loose, because full rigid glued tolerances are not met, and the
lumber cycles with RH.

On 30 Dec 2004 07:04:18 -0800, wrote:

Correct lathe height, according to what I've read or heard, is elbow
height for the particular operator. 3/4 MDF sounds insufficient to hold
up a lathe withour vibration, even if it cantilevers the base legs by
only a few inches. You could go with "2" by construction lumber (1
5/8"), tho. I made a whole stand of 2x12 and 2x6 with 3/4 ply sides,
works well and very stable.

3/4" MDF is what I made my stand out of, and the vibration is almost
non-existant, even without bolting my midi lathe down. The only
caveat here is that the MDF is a full cabinet, and not just one sheet
laid over a stand. The cabinet is all MDF, with no construction
lumber involved- the top, bottom and shelf are set into dadoes on the
sides, and the back is set into dadoes in the sides and bottom. Works
nice, and only required a single 8' x 4' sheet (handy for us folks on
a budget!)
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