What do you ise for a Stand/Bench for your lathe?

[The Rusty Gear]

I'll be getting a small 10x22 lathe in a month or so and it is time to think about buying/building a stand for it. What do you guys use? What about an 18" or 24" deep rolling cabinet? I am thinking drawers are definately a good idea to keep all the tooling, but I may not have enough room to get at the lathe if I use something like that.

Thanks!

[Uncle Buck]

Old govt surplus Steelcase tank desks work great. If not that a substanially constructed purpose built table both plumb and square not apt to warp that can be leveled. Leveling of lathes during installation is very important to assure the center of the headstock is trued to the tailstock for work between centers.

[dxdexter]

I bought a stand at Busy Bee Tools. I think it was around $175 on sale. They carry a few different sizes. There is a location in 18520 - 111 Avenue, N.W, Edmonton, Alberta.

Link: http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/product10?&NMCLASS=00164&NSBCLASS=00270&NETID=1718480421081862631


http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z102/dxdexter/Myford/Lathe002.jpg

[The Rusty Gear]

I bought a stand at Busy Bee Tools. I think it was around $175 on sale. They carry a few different sizes. There is a location in 18520 - 111 Avenue, N.W, Edmonton, Alberta.

Link: http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/product10?&NMCLASS=00164&NSBCLASS=00270&NETID=1718480421081862631


http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z102/dxdexter/Myford/Lathe002.jpg

I've seen that stand at Busy Bee before but not really thought about it as it has shelves vs drawers (maybe I'm too picky :)). Is that backsplash with the holder for your centers etc custom or part of the stand? If included with the stand, I may reconisder for $175!

[dxdexter]

I've seen that stand at Busy Bee before but not really thought about it as it has shelves vs drawers (maybe I'm too picky :)). Is that backsplash with the holder for your centers etc custom or part of the stand? If included with the stand, I may reconisder for $175!

The link shows this stand for $168. I have a roller cabinet beside my lathe for my tools, but I keep the chucks and lathe components inside the cabinet.

The back splash is just gray sheet metal fastened to by basement foundation.

[wilbilt]

Not a great photo of the bench, but it has 1 1/2" pipe legs welded to a 1/4" plate steel top. There's another 1/4" plate shelf about halfway down the legs. It's on casters.

Good enough to support my old AA/Dunlap/Craftsman 109.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k37/wilbilt/aa109-1.jpg

[Uncle Buck]

Not a great photo of the bench, but it has 1 1/2" pipe legs welded to a 1/4" plate steel top. There's another 1/4" plate shelf about halfway down the legs. It's on casters.

Good enough to support my old AA/Dunlap/Craftsman 109.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k37/wilbilt/aa109-1.jpg

You did a great job of setting her up Wil, I have one that is almost identically setup, complete with the counter shaft setup and all. :beer:

[wilbilt]

You did a great job of setting her up Wil, I have one that is almost identically setup, complete with the counter shaft setup and all. :beer:

Thanks, UB...that photo is a few years old. There have been some refinements since then.

There has also been an invasion of crap piled on top, LOL.
:beer:

[rsanter]

I think a toolbox is a great base for a lathe. you need ot be sure of the weight capibility and I would not mount direct to the top of the toolbox but rather use a steel or aluminum plate or one of the stainless clad wood tops. you do not want to have focused stress points on the toolbod and you want to mount to the flattest base you can for the lathe.
if the toolbox is not strong enough to to hold the weight then you could make a square frame that goes around the toolbox

bob

[bmwpower]

Thanks, UB...that photo is a few years old. There have been some refinements since then.

There has also been an invasion of crap piled on top, LOL.
:beer:

Will, you need to get yourself that garage. It's not good to have crap piled upon a nice piece of machinery like that!

[eschoendorff]

Will, you need to get yourself that garage. It's not good to have crap piled upon a nice piece of machinery like that!

Last I heard he was working on that.... :beer:

[billymade]

This guy fabbed his own for his lathe; he is making some amazing cabinets and storage for his shop, check it out! http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/showthread.php?t=15905 keep going to page 7 or 8 and he talks more about making the stand for the lathe
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1773

http://www.hobartwelders.com/mboard/attachment.php?attachmentid=15118&stc=1

[MXtras]

Huumm....

I have seen that lathe stand somewhere before......

[Uncle Buck]

Huumm....

I have seen that lathe stand somewhere before......

Did I see some MXtras blue there? :bounce:

[wilbilt]

Last I heard he was working on that.... :beer:

Don't I wish...:bowdown:

A good friend of mine would look at the situation and tell me I am lacking "Courage and Ability" in my quest to erect a proper garage.

Of course, he is 46 years old and lives at home with his mom.

My appraisal of the situation is that I am lacking "Time and Money" (with the emphasis on "money"), LOL.

He must remain on friend status, as he is the current Keeper of the CBX.

I think the courage and ability to construct my ramshackle carport-attached-to-a-shed-with-entirely-recycled (i.e., 'junk') materials wins.

A couple more thrasher 1/2 yd concrete sessions, and I'll be able to move the lathe out from under the junk. I hope. :beer: