Originally Posted by
metric_taper
Also doing part off work on my 10X20 bench lathe was impossible, until I procured a 2" plate that it is now bolted too. It used to "walk" on the floor with very light parting operations. It never came with a mounting stand. Then 25 years ago, I purchased a stand from harbor freight intended for their 12x32 lathe. It was 2 sheet metal rectangle boxes with a sheet metal web between. I trimmed the web to length for my shorter lathe. But with any parting cut, the lathe would go into harmonic oscillation. I played with the cutter. Procured other cutters. Never could get a problem free parting to be realized. The 2" thick steel plate fixed this. If I would have made a weldment stand, and bolted it to the floor, that would have fixed this as well.
Steve
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