Concrete Base for Lathe ?

[Jake]

Bed it down on some epoxy mortar - it's not like you are ever going to swap it out for something different. :lol:

 

[duncanh]

I agree with Matt about not wanting any step to stand on - if the lip is behind you you may well step back off it and lose balance. I have my lathe on an mdf board and it doesn't extend past the end of the lathe legs. It still gets under my feet sometimes when I want to be really near to the work. And it sometimes gets in the way when I want to slide things from the floor to under the lathe, like my extractor.

How about just just putting board under the legs

 

[dickm]

18mm concrete will crack horribly, especially around where the lathe legs sit, unless you put a lot of reinforcement into it. Go with the ply solution. Epoxy mortar under each leg might be a possibility, but again, I'd wonder about cracking.

 

[wizer]

Thanks all. What I'll do is use some Iroko pads under each leg, grip filled to the concrete. I think I'll be able to level it with just the gripfill.

 

[matt]

Thanks all. What I'll do is use some Iroko pads under each leg, grip filled to the concrete. I think I'll be able to level it with just the gripfill.

Idle curiosity... why put something under all the legs and then level with Gripfill? Why not get is on a level and then use slightly wedge shaped supports under the legs that are left floating?

 

[wizer]

I want to raise it a bit anyway.

 

[Doug B]

Tom.

How about putting it on some conveyor belt type material.
You could bolt through this, so fixing it to the floor, it would dampen vibration, raise the lathe & also prevent damp rising.

 

[xy mosian]

From the picture I think you're going to need more than 18mm at the tailstock :lol:
No wonder you were thinking of a step in the workshop floor.

xy

 

[Ironballs]

Bloody hell Tom, I've got no better suggestions than others given, but I thought your other lathe was big enough to do telegraph poles. A bigger one :shock:

Aye carumba