Stand for Churchill Cub lathe

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

I want to buy/build a stand for this lathe, i guess it weighs about 200+ KGs and is like a Myford on steroids, so the drip tray needs to be about 60" long. having searche d the web, I can't see any lathe stands that would be suitable, so have been cogitating on building one myself.

The biggest hurdle I see is how to transfer the weight of the lathe from its 6" X 4" mounting feet outwards to the vertical stand members ( legs?) which will be about 28" front to back. How do Myfords do it?

I thought about making the drip tray out of 2mm steel with bent up edges, but with the front corners cut at 45 degrees with its own bent edge. This is to overcome a dead sharp right anngled corner that one day will cut me. it would be nice to put on a 1/4" round section lipping to finish the top edge off. Any suggestions? I am trying to figure out a way to put a small slope on the drip tray so liquids will flow to the front left hand siide where I could install a filtered outlet into a tank. The method I am thinking about is to put a 3mm shim under the tray at the headstock, then another ontop of the tray, while at the tailstock end, a 6mm under the tray, so the tray will fall 3mm from tailstock to headstock, with another 3mm to the front. Has any one attempted this – and did it work?

Any sources/ comments would be welcome.

Frank

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

If you're willing to be patient something will probably pop up on a well known website and save you the bother

Here's a piccy if it helps

 

 

The full box section tray looks a lot better

http://www.lathes.co.uk/churchill%20cub/

http://www.lathes.co.uk/churchill%20cub/page3.html

Edited By Ady1 on 16/07/2013 10:04:04

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I built a stand for my 1324 BH lathe, I used angle iron, but 50 mm sq steel tube (even 40 mm sq) would be better than angle, no photos, just a sketch. It is of welded construction. designed that way for stability Ian S C

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

Ian , the part labelled "A", when used on my lathe would have to be at least 6" wide, about 22" long and carry 200 KGs which would then have to be spread along the front. and down the legs. The fixing holes into this part would be along the centre of it (front to back), so you could not use a piece of 2" box for this as it would have 2 of 3/4" holes drilled right through it. I suppose I could have a mounting plate ( 1/4" thick?) with the holes in it carried by a piece of box section on each side, but it is getting complicated and fussy.

Frank

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I just designed the thing as I went, the dimentions mean very little, you just adapt it to suit your own lathe, it could well have a top made of hot rolled plate, or 2" timber. It proberbly could take a bit more bracing, but mines survived a few big earthquakes, and about 11,000 after shocks over the last 2 1/2 years, and has not moved. Ian S C

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Meant to mention this, my photo seems to have grown, could someone shrink it back to a suitable size, it's pushing the text out under the rt hnd adds, sorry about that. Ian S C

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Frank,

If you are near Lancs. UK and would like a twin pedestal style stand, I have two bases from Pallas surface grinders that could be the pedestals. These are cast iron and extremely heavy, so much so that I removed the grinder from one and mounted it on a home-made stand as I feared for my floor if I used it as is.

The second still has its grinder on it, I intended to renovate this, but decreasing mobility and health issues mean this ain't going to happen. It's too decrepit (that's 2 of us) by my standards to sell on for rebuilding, so its scrap time.

Of course if Frank doesn't want and  anyone fancies a challenge then contact me.

Details available of course if this is a starter.

Phil

Edited By Robbo on 20/07/2013 16:28:31

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

As a first step I thought that I might buy one of these :- http://www.airflow-uk.co.uk/Ultimate-Drip-Tray.html , There is also a heavy duty version (~?). its really shorter then I want but it seems to be nicely presented. I'll drop in on these people in about a fortnights time and fondle their wares!

Frank

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