01-20-2014, 06:42 PM
Being 6' 5" tall I know what you're going through. I had to raise my Van Norman #10 Mill as well. On that one I just used a pair of 6by6 timber under the Mill base. My Hardinge Lathe is not as bad and it is raised a couple of inches due to placing it on a steel channel with three casters at each end. I'm no expert however if you do raise your lathe with either steel channel or timber I would not have something that goes the whole length of the lathe. I think the concern with that would be how level your concrete is over the length of the support. If you have undulations your frame would not sit solid unless it was raised up on leveling feet. Good luck with which ever method you choose.