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DESCRIPTION:

These are pictures and a CAD file of a shop built mobile lathe stand.

Posted by Jason R North <jasonrnorth@bigfoot.com>.  

The following description was provided:

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These pics are of the Mobile Lathe Stand I built for my HF 
12x36 Lathe. The construction consists of 2"x4"x0.187" 
rectangular steel tubing. This is a very robust stand, 
capable of supporting far greater mass than the Lathe. 
This provides a solid, stable platform for the lathe to 
rest upon. 

Dimensions: 
Length: 68"
Width: 18"
Height including castors: 31.5"

The height sets the carriage feed wheel at belly-button 
height. 

The 45° miter cuts for the base and table top were 
made on the venerable 4x6 saw. Note that the bottom frame 
members are vertical, while the upper frame members are 
flat, providing a broad base to mount the lathe on.

The vertical struts are indexed 90° relative to provide 
better latteral and longitudinal rigidity.

The casters are 6" units with a 1.125"x4" mounting stud. 
These slip into 1.125" ID tubing sections welded in to the 
corners of the base frame. The casters top plate rides on 
6"x6"1/4" plates, which truss the base frame corners. The 
toe brakes on the castors lock both the tire and the pivot 
bearing, solidly locking the Stand in place.

1" angle is used to provide a base for the expanded metal 
lower shelf. These rest on the castor plates at the corners 
of the frame.

The slide out shelves for the 6" and 8" chucks and 5" C5 
collet chuck are constructed with a 1/8" steel base, onto 
which are bolted 2"X16" ball bearing drawer slides. 1/8" 
aluminum diamond plate forms the shelve top, and are pop 
riveted to the slides. This provides a minimum bearing 
surface, on which the tools can be easily positioned. 

Although the slides are intended for vertical installation, 
they work well for horizontal loads, with reduced capacity. 
They support the weight of the chucks, but these cannot be 
placed roughly down onto the shelves. This would cause the 
slides to deform. They work very smoothly, and deploy the 
tools for easy accessability.

Additional documentation on this design can be found at:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/_2001_retired_files/table.txt

Where I show my RF40 Mill/Drill table of the same design.

JR North

Questions/comments:
>jasonrnorth@bigfoot.com

The Pics:
stand01: The finished unit, before the shelves were installed, in my "cellar"
stand02: Another view of the finished unit
stand03: The Slide-out Shelves
stand04: Another view of the shelves-retracted
stand05: The shelf unit
stand06: Components of the shelve unit
stand07: The Stand, finished and painted
stand08: Squaring up the vertical members for welding
stand09: The lower frame-welding finished
stand10: Sawing the 45° mitre cuts on tthe 4x6
stand11: The Stand parts- rough chopped