My main problem seems to be of my own making. I have re-tooled recently and bought a Record DML 36 with bowl turning attachment. It's fine but I still get some vibration despite following the excellent advice from the record Power website.
here's what I'm wondering.
The bench is made out of 3" X 7" X 42" planks from B & Q, 3 deep. The legs are 4" X 2" and are set in three rows of 3 deep from the right hand end, rag bolted into a solid concrete floor, whilst the left hand end and the rear side are each carried on a 2" X 2" wooden bearer attached to a breeze block wall.
I have built a shelf underneath which carries two bags of sand about 14 Lb each to al least dampen the vibration a bit.
What I'm wondering is that I built the bench fairly high, over 3' from the ground because I'm disabled and wanted to be able to sit whilst turning. That has never worked so I'm now looking at one of two solutions.
First that the bench is too high and should come down to about 2' 6" or so and the other is to buy the purpose built frame for the DML 36 and use the bench elsewhere.
At present, I can't turn spindles to a fine diameter unless they are less than 12" and even then, I have another bag of sand hanging over the rods to the right of the tailstock.
I have asked about the frame made for the CL lathes but Record tell me it won't do, only the £40 model will work with my lathe.
Any thoughts on the foregoing most welcome.
I was getting better results with my old lathe which is an old fabricated, square box bed machine that cost about £75 new some 20 years ago!
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