Lathe stand to suit an ML7

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Posted by David T on 18/01/2018 09:38:56:

Thank you all you the, erm….. broad range of opinions!

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Peak4's granite top sounds like the most stable option, irrespective of what bench is beneath it. I fear that working with granite is beyond my capabilities though. What type of bits do you drill granite with?

I used ordinary new masonry bits, but it took a long time, about 20mins per 8mm hole.

I've now bought some diamond dust ones for drilling the other splashback and shelf, but not got round to doing it yet.

I bought them of ebay HERE but there are many other sellers. For cutting I used an Irwin dry-cutting diamond blade, also off ebay, with the stone slab on a pallet, carefully shimmed so it wasn't likely to break at the end of the cut.

a 5 foot length cost me £12 off ebay, though I had to wait for a while for one to crop up at the right price.

Whereabouts are you, as I now know a supplier that does offcuts at a decent price?

I found it easy enough to cut, that I ended up fitting granite window sills and a step on the threshold as well. I though the granite sills were a good idea, as I use a number of cordless tool chargers. Should one ever go onto meltdown as least it will be on a non-combustible surface.

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 18/01/2018 10:42:13

[Niels AbildgaardParticipant @nielsabildgaard33719]

My Boxford sits on a piece of granite and I needed to drill four 16 mm holes through that is 150mm deep each

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It took about 5 minutes each with a hammer drill machine.Important to cool with tap water and how do I know?

I have later cut a 150 times 800 mm slit of with a portable diamond saw taking around 20 minutes.

Diamond disc survived thanks to water flooding.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Granite from worktops is rather thin and the particular vibration absorbing qualities are only marginally beter that concrete. How about a decent quality 3×2 paving slab.

[Niels AbildgaardParticipant @nielsabildgaard33719]

Posted by Bazyle on 18/01/2018 17:54:18:

Granite from worktops is rather thin and the particular vibration absorbing qualities are only marginally beter that concrete. How about a decent quality 3×2 paving slab.

Not worth a try.

The purpose of the rock or concrete is not to substitute a cost consicious ,thin wood or tinplate top.

Its purpose is to jail the geometry of the much to ligth Myford or Boxford bed casting.

The Myford will obey command much faster and correct when bolted solidly down to a rock block of say 600mm times150 mm times 150 and volume/mass is the same as the proposed paving lab.

When the Myford bed is fixed thus You can use a carved block of Styropor,an old piece of furniture,three strings of wire from ceiling or whatever to have it at a pleasant working heigth.

Edited By Niels Abildgaard on 19/01/2018 06:41:20

[David TParticipant @davidt96864]

Posted by peak4 on 18/01/2018 10:28:49:

a 5 foot length cost me £12 off ebay, though I had to wait for a while for one to crop up at the right price.

Whereabouts are you, as I now know a supplier that does offcuts at a decent price?

I am in Essex. Thanks but I am just reviewing my options at the moment. A new stand will only become necessary if I decide to reorganise the workshop; something which I am still mulling over at the moment.

[Niels AbildgaardParticipant @nielsabildgaard33719]

Try this on a Myford placed on tinplate or wood.

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