New lathe

[bch47]

Got my new lathe last week and just now got a stand made for it.

[Beamer]

Nice, brian!

I have the same lathe. It's a VERY good machine. You'll like it a lot

[boodrow]

Brian U will be amazed at what u can do with that lil machine. Been usin mine for over 3 years and still works like a champ. Welcome to an addictive vortex.
Boodrow

[sdb777]

Now your hooked....


Like the idea of putting the casters on the stand. Seems I should have done that...but didn't.





Scott (vortex consumes all) B

[bch47]

Thanks for the comments. All of my large tools are on wheels. That way I can move them around to where they are needed, or put away.

[Doug B]

Congrats Brian! And welcome to the vortex

That is a fine lathe and will serve you well. And that is a great stand you made for it. Looks plenty sturdy. Pressure treated 4x4's? That ought to get-r-done by golly!

[sachbvn]

EXCELLENT!!N Congrats on the purchase and the stand - you will have a great time!!


Zac

[Mark]

Brian, you're hooked now. A couple of notes on your setup;

1) I'd move the lathe closer to the near edge of the table, to allow more flexibility in the positioning of the cutting tool. Some tools, even for a small lathe, have what seem like really long handles. With the machine where your picture shows it, the range of possible motion of the tool is hindered greatly.

2) Make sure you've got good brakes on those casters, so that the stand cannot move one bit. Since the relationship of the tool to the work, is controlled in large part by the relationship of your arms to the machine, you'd rather know which one is moving, in order to get an understandable result. If the machine moves, you'll be scratchin' your head for awhile trying to figure out why you got that bad catch with your skew.

Good choice on the machine, and based on what others here have said about the Jet line, ya done good.

Thanks,
Mark