I recently moved and discovered one of my new neighbours is also a hobby machinist (considerably more skilled than me).
It turns out that my neighbor has a similar 10” lathe to the one I just purchased. He has upgraded his 10” Precision Mathews lathe in numerous ways. One of the upgrades was the replacement of the somewhat flimsy mount for the compound slide. The original is secured with just two bolts that are somewhat inconvenient to access. The improved mount is wider, beefier and attaches with 4 T-studs that are easier to access. This base adds a fair bit of rigidity. My friendly new neighbour made me one and I’m including a few images. The last image shows the original 2 bolt mount for comparison.
It turns out that my neighbor has a similar 10” lathe to the one I just purchased. He has upgraded his 10” Precision Mathews lathe in numerous ways. One of the upgrades was the replacement of the somewhat flimsy mount for the compound slide. The original is secured with just two bolts that are somewhat inconvenient to access. The improved mount is wider, beefier and attaches with 4 T-studs that are easier to access. This base adds a fair bit of rigidity. My friendly new neighbour made me one and I’m including a few images. The last image shows the original 2 bolt mount for comparison.