G4003 Stand Modification

I have my lathe bench sucked up to my basement block wall with turnbuckles. I find it helps with relatively light and small machines.


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I have my lathe bench sucked up to my basement block wall with turnbuckles. I find it helps with relatively light and small machines.


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Can you elaborate? Are you using a machine with a stand like this one? Does the building anchor help the behavior?
Dave
 
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Dave,
That is the setup I have to anchor the bench for my G4903 lathe to the wall. I had a similar setup for my South Bend.

Two turn buckles essentially clamping the bench to the wall. I snug up the turn buckles after leveling the lathe, and recheck level of course.


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Figured I would post a progress picture. Finally got all the coats of paint on. I sanded both stands to take the gloss off and then applied Rustoleum brush-on hammered green finish to ensure it would match. Came out pretty good. Paint feels tough, time will tell.

Flash on the camera accentuated the brush strokes. The yellow where the angle iron meets the stand and at the bend of the angle iron itself is actually the overhead light reflecting on the gloss..the yellow isn't there.

The rustoleum paint exceeded my expectations and looks better than I hoped. It is a close match to the Grizzly green, but not perfect, hence why I painted the entire stand.

Doing this in my garage since my shop is still under construction.

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