Recent content by Jakmac

Hi mate, it sounds like your issue is actually with holding which can be over looked sometimes. The key to a good firm hold is to ensure the the tenon you start with is correct. the way to do it his is to start with your blank between centres. Round/true the blank upusing a roughing gouge. Then...

Cheers guys. It turns out the floor wasn’t too bad. I braced the joists and loaded the lathe with 200kg sand ( 8 bags) and she runs smooth now and the rooms not shaking. Thanks for all the help. Jack

Ballast is another aproch I wanted to ask about. Would it dampen the vibrations before they get to the floor ?? My lathe is a big one.. it already weighs 280kg would another 200kg as ballast on a suspended floor be too heavy??

Thanks phill. That sounds like a good idea. Il have a look at the floor under the floor boards tomorow and see if that will be possible I believe it’s hardcore underneath as it’s a building in an old industrial estate. I would really prefer a solution that doesn’t involve lifting all the floor...

Thanks. Do you mean to take the floorboards up and put posts from the ground to the joists?? I thought about this.. would I have to attach the bracing to the ground some How to make this work? Jack

I have recently had to move from my old work shop to a new one with a suspended floor. I set up my lathe (Axminster ATVS2030) today and ran it with a 10” bowl blank. At 300 rpm the lathe began to vibrate and the floor began to vibrate too. Has anyone had this issue and if so how did you solve...