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Woodbloke wrote:Mike G wrote:He's done a little turning over the years, and knows one or two turners who should be able to point him in the right direction, Andy. One of his early spindles went flying over his shoulder and into low earth orbit, so he's probably learnt to check for flaws before putting the wood onto a lathe. Apparently.
...in which case I sincerely hope your friend has invested in a decent face shield. Anything thrown off will be travelling towards your friend's visage at an uncomfortably high velocity and I'm sure he wouldn't want his mug in the way when it departs company with the lathe - Rob
Andyp wrote:Mike,
I am 6’2”. My record lathe is fixed on top of my mobile (locking castors) router table. Height of table 89cm. The chuck centre is 35 cm from the table.
Comfortable for me. My elbows, arms by my side, are at 135cms.
I think you might need a little trial and error to find what is most comfortable for your friend.
HTH
Andyp wrote:Under a dust sheet just to the left of the lathe is a bandsaw from the same friend's workshop.
I wonder if that friend is planning any future machine upgrades? I think his drum sander must be getting on a bit by now.
CHJ wrote:I've always been more comfortable with the lathe centre about 80mm above elbow height (EH being the often quoted norm).
AJB Temple wrote:Mike. If you think you might do a lot of turning, it is possibly worth making the bench height adjustable by about 6" or so. I don't do much turning, but I find with small stuff I don't mind leaning over the lathe, but for repetitive bigger things I want to stand up straight, else it gives my back gyp.
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DaveL wrote:Where does the motor need to be and is there a lay shaft needed to give appropriate speeds?
You may need space for that lot to swing a bit for tensioning the belts.
Mike G wrote:Thanks guys. Is there any reason a lathe bench can't go hard up against a wall?
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