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Quick, possibly dumb question, but I just received my 1130 yesterday and am scratching my head on how the chip tray works with this lathe. The unit is around 600 lbs but there's no way this sheet metal chip tray can support the lathe if I slip it under the lathe. To further clarify, the "bed" of the tray is suspended by the sides of the tray. I tried flipping it upside down to see if the tray's bed can lay on my workbench, but nothing doing... it's just floating in space regardless of how it's flipped.
I'm reluctant to even try laying the lathe on top of the tray out of fear it will deform the tray.
I feel like either the unit was supposed to come with spacers/supports that can be used under the tray to support the weight of the lathe, but I don't see anything like this in the kit.
I'm tempted to just use the lathe itself to whip up some short (about 1") tube supports that I can set under the tray. I imagine getting this lathe, tray, and supports is going to be a real PITA.
Am I missing something?
I'm reluctant to even try laying the lathe on top of the tray out of fear it will deform the tray.
I feel like either the unit was supposed to come with spacers/supports that can be used under the tray to support the weight of the lathe, but I don't see anything like this in the kit.
I'm tempted to just use the lathe itself to whip up some short (about 1") tube supports that I can set under the tray. I imagine getting this lathe, tray, and supports is going to be a real PITA.
Am I missing something?