Thread: up coming project advice

Hi Patrick yes a box tube between the legs to stop the lathe moving sideway.
Cheers Tony.

Hi Patrick, been there, done that, twice. I, like you, bought a bare VL100 to make a dedicated pen lathe. I built my own stand and fitted a one-horsepower variable speed motor and controller. The motor is mounted under the stand which makes it non-portable. See pics.

Second lathe is a VL 100 variable speed I built a stand for when I need to be mobile. The lathe and tool caddy can easily be removed to transport. See pics.

These are the only pics I have. If you need more pics or info, post and I'll see if I can help.

Fredo

Hi Patrick

I have posted some drawings (hand drawn, best I can manage) this should cover the information you need.
1. Side view of stand with dimensions.
2. Front view with dimensions.
3. Directions on how to weld the top frame together. Material is 50 x 50 x 5 angle.
4. How to make adjustable feet.
Here is a tip on how to make the legs. Find a piece of MDF or ply and draw up a full scale template of the side view of the legs. This will help to work out angles to cut the RHS also you can clamp the leg parts to the template to tack weld together.
This is how mine is built but you could change any dimensions to suit yourself.
Good luck with it. If you need more information just ask.

Fredo

wow Fredo thanks for the neat drawings they are really helping i had the same sort of idea about how to make the leveling feet and using hockey pucks under the bolt heads for added support (got the idea from a guy using it for under his miller) good idea i thought. thanks for the tip to use the template to weld it up. thought about getting a small arc welder yeah that will come in really handy in the shed

thanks again fredo your the best

Patrick

Patrick

If you want it solid you need to cross brace the 2 sets of legs.

One way of doing this is bolt a back board to the 2 rear legs. This needs to be a minimum of 500mm deep.

Another thing to consider is on one end install 2 jacking screws. If you have a realy solid stand you need some way of getting it to sit solid on the floor. Of course you can shim the wobbly leg but jacking screws are more precise and make it easy should you need to move the lathe often.

Hope this helps

Cheers