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Thread: Lathe Bench At Last
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25th February 2007, 06:24 PM #1
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Lathe Bench At Last
Finally got my lathe bench to a usable stage
Made from 90x45mm construction grade pine. Hand planed and jointed, with thicknessing on the table saw.
Mortice and tenons at all joints.
Mortices cut with the router and a home made jig (no not Rockers - haven't got around to that yet).
Tenons cut on the bandsaw.
Pic 1: One of the 'A' frames during glueup.
Pic 2: The lathe bed support frame during glueup
Pic 3: Assembled stand and bed support.
Pic 4: Painted, with lathe mounted and bottom shelf ... in position in garage.
Still need to finish the top level shelf, but haven't worked out quite what I want.John
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25th February 2007, 06:40 PM #2
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looks great mate
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25th February 2007, 06:44 PM #3
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John she looks pretty dapper on that bench. Way to go
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25th February 2007, 06:50 PM #4
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She looks like she belongs there.
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25th February 2007, 07:32 PM #5
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At least I can get back to turning
Only one big sleep Toni
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25th February 2007, 07:51 PM #6
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Originally Posted by jchappo
At least I can get back to turning
Only one big sleep Toni
Yep... Good hey! You don't realise how far away Jim is til you waiting desperately on something.
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25th February 2007, 09:18 PM #7
what finer points?
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looks like a good stand for a mini, are you going to weigh it down a bit?
do you mind if i do a little hijack because i made a stand this weekend too.
it's an ex adfa school desk that i cut up and stuck back togeather with a bit of pine and a bottle jack. the lathe is 100kg and the desk is about 25kg now but it'll be 125kg soon with some sand bags.
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25th February 2007, 09:37 PM #8
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Matt, RIPPED OFF!! you have taken a photo but she got no saw dust. Ripped off. No good.
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25th February 2007, 09:59 PM #9
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oh lay off your just jelous because you don't have one Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs
. if you have to know i had to clean it off to lift it on (with the help of my dad and brother).
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25th February 2007, 10:50 PM #10
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Hey them fighting word. LOL No seriously you did a good job. Tommorrow is getting closer she be here.
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26th February 2007, 12:12 AM #11
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Interesting twist on transfering the weight onto the castors - tagged for further development - thanks Matt! Originally Posted by Twinnie
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26th February 2007, 09:52 AM #12
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Thanks for explaining that... Originally Posted by TTIT
I was just about to say
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26th February 2007, 03:14 PM #13
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John, well done! Good craftsmanship ain't passe. Looks good mounted and painted.
Al
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26th February 2007, 08:01 PM #14
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HaHa! I like that - hijack my thread with a picture of a bottle jack Originally Posted by Twinnie
Go for it Matt - it looks like the block the lathe is mounted on is solid. Mine is open to allow the shavings to drop through.
Next job is to make a catchbox so that the shavings don't drop down to the shelf
John
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26th February 2007, 09:39 PM #15
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sorry for the lack of detail i didn't want to totaly hijack the thread but here it is any way.
i was going to make a stand out of mdf but that was going to be $150 just for the mdf, what you see is about $100 including the jack.
costings and such
the base board is 32 mm thick chipboard which has been grafted from the top and strengthened with bits of plant trolly (the sort they sell seedlings from, you know the type) and the wheels are from the same thing. the desk cost $55 and the planks the lathe is sitting on were $2 each!
dimentions
it's 1100 high 1300 long and 500 deep, it raises about 20mm when sitting on the wheels.
misc
the batterns you see at the front under the base board only go back half way and there is another one at the back, between them is a piece that stops the board going back and foward.
any questions?
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