04-08-2012, 12:05 PM
Wong,
What I have done for people before now with the mini lathe, is to bolt the lathe to a piece of kitchen worktop. The type that is about 1.5" thick chipboard with a wipe clean surface, great for cleaning up afterwards. The lathes stay without twist amazingly well. I did that with my own Myford ML2 well over 20 years ago, and is now with my mate in his shop, and it is still spot on.
Already mentioned, no need to get level, just no twist, so shim up under feet until no twist in the bed, then bolt to base and recheck for twist, keep doing that until it is spot on.
In the early days of S&B's and Atlas, bench top lathes were recommended to be bolted to at least a 3" thick hardwood bench top. It would cost more than the lathes were worth to do that nowadays.
John
What I have done for people before now with the mini lathe, is to bolt the lathe to a piece of kitchen worktop. The type that is about 1.5" thick chipboard with a wipe clean surface, great for cleaning up afterwards. The lathes stay without twist amazingly well. I did that with my own Myford ML2 well over 20 years ago, and is now with my mate in his shop, and it is still spot on.
Already mentioned, no need to get level, just no twist, so shim up under feet until no twist in the bed, then bolt to base and recheck for twist, keep doing that until it is spot on.
In the early days of S&B's and Atlas, bench top lathes were recommended to be bolted to at least a 3" thick hardwood bench top. It would cost more than the lathes were worth to do that nowadays.
John