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Project by Alan posted 1514 days ago 5295 views 9 times favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I picked up a used lathe from craigslist. I needed a bench and my dad was coming to visit for a few days, so I left it for him to do as a project while I was working during the day. It is made from 2×6 pine and 1/2” Plywood. The plans for the stand came from reading various books, at all the projects posted on this site and trying to adapt them to my space. My dad also made the chisel rack, that idea came from American Woodworker – March 2008 Dick West. It works out great for me when he visits and needs something to keep him busy. :)

-- Alan, Prince George




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Chris

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#1 posted 1514 days ago

Looks like your Dad is a good guy to have around. Nice work by PapPap.

-- Chris

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toyguy

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#2 posted 1514 days ago

Good idea mounting the grinder on the bench too. You don’t want to be too far from it. Your Dad is a good guy, and did you a good turn…... give him a hug. !

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

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Dusty56

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#3 posted 1514 days ago

Very nice set up : ) Send your Dad over here when you’re finished with him !

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

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Big_Bob

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#4 posted 1514 days ago

Lots of room on the rack for more tools! Your Dad is a wise man!

-- Bob Clark, Tool Collector and Sawdust Maker

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Sean

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#5 posted 1514 days ago

HOLY COW! that looks exactly like the lathe a friend of mines father gave me a few weeks ago! i have to go home now and see if its the same.

-- "Democracy is by far the worst system of government. Except all the others that have been tried." ~ Winston Churchill

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odie

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#6 posted 1513 days ago

Looks Great … now get to work.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

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rons

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#7 posted 1513 days ago

Hi Allen, what a great addition. Tell dad it looks great.

-- Ron, Michigan

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Alan

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#8 posted 1512 days ago

Thanks for the comments. Now I have to practice using it.

-- Alan, Prince George

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douglbe

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#9 posted 1510 days ago

Practicing using it, the fun part. I have a lathe very similar to yours, a Montgomery Ward ($25 through a friend at work) and I haven’t done a lot with yet, but what I have done, is fun learning. So nice to have around. Very nice set up, tell dad, well done.

-- Doug, Reed City, Michigan

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Swede

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#10 posted 1112 days ago

What brand of lathe is it?

-- Swede -- time to make some sawdust

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Alan

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#11 posted 1111 days ago

It is a Beaver Rockwell.

-- Alan, Prince George

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