A Stand for the Lathe

 

Waited almost three months for the stand for my lathe. It finally arrived last week, but without half the feet. Those arrived yesterday and I was able to hoist the lathe up on a chainfall hanging from a tree branch, mark the stand for drilling, lift the lathe again and drill the holes, bolt the lathe to the stand, and roll the whole unit on pipe into the shop. Got it into place and leveled today. All that's left is to finish clean up. 

I've been working on a project for the grandson and when I received a message that the stand was finally coming, I put that on hold to prepare for the stand. Tomorrow, I'll try to finish the project. I will be standing at the lathe rather than sitting on a footstool on the floor and operating a lathe bolted to its shipping pallet.

Finished a project on the new stand that I started on the floor: a birthday gift for my five year old grandson. Five 2015 nickels inset into a cube turned from a piece of 2" round bar.