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so I am about to order a pm1340gt and super excited. I have a pm1236 and pm932 and have been really impressed so really looking forward to the 1340.
I am going to build my own stand and have been thinking about pouring concrete sides to mount it to. After a little thought, I'm thinking about using the 12" concrete form tubes. I could essentially just make two posts, one under each end of the lathe. I think it would be fairly simple but have enough mass to keep the lathe vibration to a minimum.
I did a little searching to see if anyone had done this before but didn't really find much.
Any reason this would t work well? I know I could build a traditional stand from tubing and welding, but I'm in the middle of a move and won't have any steel or my Welders set up right away so I'd have to buy all new steel and tanks and gas, etc. I was thinking this would be a cheaper easier solution that might actually work pretty good.
Thoughts?
I am going to build my own stand and have been thinking about pouring concrete sides to mount it to. After a little thought, I'm thinking about using the 12" concrete form tubes. I could essentially just make two posts, one under each end of the lathe. I think it would be fairly simple but have enough mass to keep the lathe vibration to a minimum.
I did a little searching to see if anyone had done this before but didn't really find much.
Any reason this would t work well? I know I could build a traditional stand from tubing and welding, but I'm in the middle of a move and won't have any steel or my Welders set up right away so I'd have to buy all new steel and tanks and gas, etc. I was thinking this would be a cheaper easier solution that might actually work pretty good.
Thoughts?