Lathe and mill benches

[rleete]

(12-01-2016, 07:40 PM)chucketn Wrote:

(12-01-2016, 05:29 PM)Vinny Wrote: How heavy are the two machines?

X2 mill, 7x14 mini lathe. Don't know their weight off hand.

Chuck

I have both of those, and they are mounted to the same bench.  Mill on the end, lathe on the side.  Of course my bench is made of welded angle iron (obtained from work), but a well built 2x4 bench would be plenty strong enough.  There really aren't many lateral forces working on a bench like that.

I recommend that you drill through the members, and use carriage bolts with nuts.  My other workbench is home made, and I used lags.  That one has gotten a little loose over the years, and it doesn't even get moved around.