Lathe is lurking around the corner, waiting for an income tax return (Delta 46-460 with bed extension). I'll wait until it comes to build a stand… I am shooting for useful, not fancy.
What stand features should I include?
Here is what I have seen so far that seems right - but I have no experience:
1) triangular frame or panel frame so that there will be no flex.
2) room for 100+ lbs of sand bags for weight and stability. On a low shelf or built into end panels. Is 200# better?
3) tool holes on the side. How many do you use?
4) wide base for stability - how wide?
5) a shelf 6" below the top.
6) elbow height for the spindle
7) foot clearance at the bottom and overhang only as close as the lathe bed itself where I stand, so I can get as close as needed.
Please feel free to show off your stand and tell me what I am getting right, wrong, or that I didn't think of. Thanks in advance