Well, I just joined this forum, and this is my first post so if I am not following all the rules, my apologies.

So, a while back I started to get into working with a lathe (went out and bought the WEN 3421 3.2AMP 8” x 12” lathe) I have to say that I am very pleased with this lathe for the most part, as anything will have some draw backs. The one thing that I noticed is that if I am trying to work anything that is close to the 8” that I am able to, the speed has to be turned down all the way or the little bugger starts to hop around.

And yes, call me stupid, but I went to Harbor Freight and got their universal tool table. That thing is not sturdy at all. I have since modified it by going through and welding up all the joints, adding some extra steel (also welded) in order to keep this thing from twisting. I have also placed these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B4P356L...NsaWNrPXRydWU=(that I had extra of) on the ground for the feet of the table. They haven’t done much at all.

This is what I am using for the stand on my lathe, and if the projects are small it works wonders. But I am wondering if anyone might have some “helpful” things that I could do in order to reduce this thing from hopping around like a kid on speed? I know that getting a new and better built table is the start lol which I am in the process of doing.

But I am looking at getting maybe some rubber shock absorbers, (like these) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G8SHBS8...NsaWNrPXRydWU= or some type of spring isolator. Any thoughts or tip would be very helpful.