Lathe Stand

Great start. Looking forward to seeing your turning works.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

nice touch with the dovetails in the legs : ) I have the JET electronic variable speed model of this size …..FUN machine indeed ! Happy turnings to you !

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Nice looking stand. However, it will look much nicer covered in shavings. I look forward to seeing what you turn out. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Hi Scopemonkey;

Glad to see you have a full face shield, and hopefully are using it.

Nothing wrong with that stand. Some people go through their whole life and never make a stand about anything.

You might want to pull the truck forward a few feet, so the windows aren’t in line with a fleeting chisel!

Lee

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It looks nice and sturdy, a clean, & simple design.

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Great looking stand. I love the covered tool bin. I am looking to get my first lathe soon.

-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.

Nice looking stand.

!!!!!

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Me thinks I have to make one of these…much nicer than the Krispy Creme donut stand I have mine on.

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looks great. If it is functional and stable, it will work great

-- making sawdust....

I am not sure why you said “Its not pretty” , it looks great to me. It does need some shavings around it but other than that it looks great :) I love my Jet mini lathe :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Nice use of your scrap bin. Good Luck with the turning, be watching for the first project.

CtL

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Great stand. I love the storage box, didn’t know it was there in the first picture. Nice work.

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama

Well done. I still don’t have one of these, not sure what my problem is but I am envious of yours.

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From being made of bits and pieces it sure looks good , that big DT in the front legs is a nice touch . Good idea to combine storage in the shelf . Enjoy that lathe .

Good job. Looks like the base is heavy and stable enough. Whats the hinges for on the back side?

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I Like the dovetails .Well done loks good ,and is fully functional ,well made .I bought a metal one for mine .I am ashamed to admit that, but then again for my scrollsaw, I cut down a larger metal stand and rewelded it to size works great but yours looks fantastic kindest regards Alistair

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This looks really good. I’m wondering how well it will stand up to a really large blank. Have you had the opportunity to put a 10-inch+ sized blank on it? I need a solution for a lathe stand and really don’t want to pay $150.00 for the one from Jet.

The thing I like the most about this one is the storage area for your turning tools. You’ll find that you will quickly outgrow that storage area. I see it evolving into a place for your ‘most used turning tools’.

Good job.

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I have not put a 10+ sized blank on it (yet…). So far, the largest was a 6×4 bowl blank (osage orange) and everything remained quite stable. The stand did better than the turner, though. I now have a nice shop bowl to hold parts for other projects. The storage box holds my current tools in a canvas tool roll (I got the Lee Valley set of 9) just fine. I put some hooks on my workbench that holds the roll when working. The cheap set of small tools I got free with the lathe purchase are now stored on magnetic strips attached to the end of the stand and are handy for doing small stuff like pens. Overall, I am quite pleased with the way the stand performs and it meets my needs. However, this is my first lathe, so I don’t have anything to compare it to.

-- GSY from N. Idaho