Thanks.Gotta say OP, I love the setup! I think it looks clean and youre off to a great start there!
The manufacturing engineer where I work is a machinist who took night courses to become a mechanical engineer. I proudly showed him the 80/20 print catalog that I requested and received. He poured cold water; he told me that he doesn't like 80/20. He said that he sees it and Unistrut being overused for machines in manufacturing. He designs welded steel frames instead, which someone else builds.I view it as light weight junk for machinery , but it does have its' uses .
Ha, yea it can reference the Original Poster, or the Original Post. Quite often its the same difference.Thanks.
I had to look up the meaning of "OP". It means original poster.
I don't think making the headstock was even much of a challenge for this guy, he is always making kind of wild stuff. I found the post where he showed the headstock, the spindle bore is 0.937". His current project is reverse engineering and building a Deckel tool and cutter grinder.
Honestly I think some of these guys use a Sherline just to be ornery because people said you can't do that kind of work on a mini-lathe.
View attachment 329521
I also made the same kind of base for my Sherline 5400 mill.