I bought a used lathe this weekend, and plan to build a better stand for it.
My first thought was to build a saw bench type stand, with angled legs, like this:
Saw-Bench-Finished-300x225.jpg
The angled legs should stabilize the lathe. I don't believe you need to make it that heavy if you make the legs angled. I'm thinking of adding a shelf below (like on the saw bench picture), and maybe a few drawers.
After some seaching on google, I found this stand:
drawer29.jpg
Found on this URL:
http://www.owdman.co.uk/howto/howto2.htm
The author writes: "I would highly recommend this design for a lathe as it is very solid and stable. It also gives plenty of foot room".
That's what I think as well.
Have anyone else built a stand like this?
Edit: I found this stand built using similar ideas:
http:// forum.canadianwoodworking.com/showthread.php?13138-Lathe-Stand&p=97934#post97934