Lathe setup

[Cloudrepair]

Most people are doing barrels through the head stock .
I have mine mounted on vibration dampers they are around $20.00 each

Would you please share your experience with using vibration dampers under your lathe? I'm assuming that's what you mean.
I've never even thought about something like that.
Mine is on aluminum pads, maybe not the best idea but seems to be working good.
it is what I had available at the time and I always planned on steel plates at some point but now I'm thinking about a layer of that nitrile vibration dampening stuff?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Hockey pucks are my favorite. Wish i had some northern friends to send me some more. We dont have any around here

 

[Dusty Stevens]

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[rjtfroggy]

Dusty how about these Amazon has cases of 50 for $59.99.

 

[Papa Charlie]

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I would imagine those would work very well.

 

[carlsbad]

I have a set of vibration dampeners similar to those Dusty posted. I've had them 10 years. I recently ran on them cleaning up a cabinet. I may install them this winter.

 

[Papa Charlie]

You can get the pucks online for as little as $1.45 each. Add a carriage bolt and nuts along with a backing plate and you got a great leveling foot that will also dampen.

https://www.hockeyshot.com/HS-Black...4gkry8nbwej6uruMU10qB-gdJjDyEXlwaArpNEALw_wcB

 

[Ncvarmintexpress]

Thank you all very much for your help. Glad to know I didn’t have to anchor it to get the performance. Ordered the vibration dampening ones from McCaster along with a lot of other things..... they have a lot of great stuff!!

 

[Papa Charlie]

Thank you all very much for your help. Glad to know I didn’t have to anchor it to get the performance. Ordered the vibration dampening ones from McCaster along with a lot of other things..... they have a lot of great stuff!!

McMaster Carr is a great resource. I have been using them for many years. Amazing selection and very quick to ship. Use to love their catalog. You would be amazed at how broad their scope is.

 

[DonnyJ]

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Dusty. Thx for sharing. I couldn’t help myself. Had to try out the hockey pucks.
Leveling was a piece of cake. Still have a ways to go tho!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dusty. Thx for sharing. I couldn’t help myself. Had to try out the hockey pucks.
Leveling was a piece of cake. Still have a ways to go tho!

Thats great donny. The only thing that could make that better is if you woulda made 2 sets so i could have one too!

 

[ridgeway]

Just out of curiosity, why would you mount a lathe on rubber feet? I can see a large metal pad or metal puck on feet, but rubber? Sounds like it would make the machine feel squishy.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Most every machine ive ever seen was mounted on rubber isolators. It helps chatter mainly but in a manufacturing environment it keeps other machines from affecting the finish of one- like a stamping press slamming down across the shop from a finish pass on a lathe. Just do a search for machinery feet and youll notice theyre all rubber from grinders to huge cnc mills

 

[ridgeway]

Most of the machines in the shop where I work are metal pads, bolted to concrete or special thick concrete pads poured and cored out where leveling pads go and cemented or epoxied back in some way. Some could be isolation pads of some sort. Not saying it's not used.

I'm mainly referring to small hobby lathes. The rubber pads will make it feel squishy and how would you keep the bed from possibly twist and move. If you get chatter from vibes...you got other issues. Most small lathes come with single phase capacitor start motors and is probably the main culprit for vibe induced finish issues.

 

[alinwa]

Ohhhh jeeepers "A little knowledge is dan'rous thing!"


How can ANY OF YA'S advocate using off-the-shelf hockey pucks without testing them for durometer? How many here actually own and use a Hankin's and Parr Durometer Calibration and Testing Unit? Or even a cheapo manual Shore Tester with a screw-down torque lever?? How many here have actually TESTED for compression over time, under vibrating load and over temperature changes? Rubber hardens over time, deteriorates and cracks....How many here can tell me how much a puck compresses under the headstock end VS under the light end? That "durometer" is like "BC", it's a "relative scale" not a measurement.... and that even then it tells nothing about where that rubber's gonna' be 2yrs from now.....


we got's everything from "there's levels and there's levels" to "if'n ya's are gonna' ignore the liddle stuff whatcha' gonna' do wit' da' big stuff?" to "striving for perfection" to some hosebag telling us he can "level" a 12ft chicom mo'chine wit' a couple hinky levels on the slide ..... on a sawcut floor.....

I submit "there's machinists and there's Machinists"........ there's guys that CAN make good cuts on a lathe mounted to a flatbed truck and there's guys who think "bolting it to concrete and leveling it makes it cut straight".... There's guys who argue about "tailstock alignment" and think steel is "stiff" and there's guys who float and push everything....

There's guys who understand that concrete is a living breathing entity, constantly in motion and guys that thing "epoxying the thang to concrete makes it stable!"

To guys that think "thicker concrete is better more stabler than thinner concrete, EVER'buddy knows you need at least 8" thick under a XXXXX machine!! cuz in this one machine shop they mounted each machine onto 50,000lb of concrete!!"

I've seen this discussion take place in various rooms on various subjects in various places. I remember when some redneck realized that "Hey! My aluminum scope expands different than my stainless steel rifle in the hot sun and this bends my action and scope assembly!!" My gun shoots lower when it's hot out! And Charley Hood responded with a rubber-mounted scope ring which of course sent the rednekkid exspurts into a complete tailspin because "EVERYBODY KNOWS rubber moves and bounces!!"

Sooo, ncvarmintexpress, I'm liking how you think, you've good questions.

This is gonna' be ME, talkin' to ncvarmintexpress....... "Dude, set it on the floor and have at it!"

And if yer tall enough, set it on hockey pucks cuz it'll be quieter.

And if it cuts crooked, shim it or set a leveling bolt/plate/screw/jack up and take the tweak out......

But HAVE AT IT!!


LOL


al

 

[Shrek]

Ohhhh jeeepers "A little knowledge is dan'rous thing!"


How can ANY OF YA'S advocate using off-the-shelf hockey pucks without testing them for durometer? How many here actually own and use a Hankin's and Parr Durometer Calibration and Testing Unit? Or even a cheapo manual Shore Tester with a screw-down torque lever?? How many here have actually TESTED for compression over time, under vibrating load and over temperature changes? Rubber hardens over time, deteriorates and cracks....How many here can tell me how much a puck compresses under the headstock end VS under the light end? That "durometer" is like "BC", it's a "relative scale" not a measurement.... and that even then it tells nothing about where that rubber's gonna' be 2yrs from now.....


we got's everything from "there's levels and there's levels" to "if'n ya's are gonna' ignore the liddle stuff whatcha' gonna' do wit' da' big stuff?" to "striving for perfection" to some hosebag telling us he can "level" a 12ft chicom mo'chine wit' a couple hinky levels on the slide ..... on a sawcut floor.....

I submit "there's machinists and there's Machinists"........ there's guys that CAN make good cuts on a lathe mounted to a flatbed truck and there's guys who think "bolting it to concrete and leveling it makes it cut straight".... There's guys who argue about "tailstock alignment" and think steel is "stiff" and there's guys who float and push everything....

There's guys who understand that concrete is a living breathing entity, constantly in motion and guys that thing "epoxying the thang to concrete makes it stable!"

To guys that think "thicker concrete is better more stabler than thinner concrete, EVER'buddy knows you need at least 8" thick under a XXXXX machine!! cuz in this one machine shop they mounted each machine onto 50,000lb of concrete!!"

I've seen this discussion take place in various rooms on various subjects in various places. I remember when some redneck realized that "Hey! My aluminum scope expands different than my stainless steel rifle in the hot sun and this bends my action and scope assembly!!" My gun shoots lower when it's hot out! And Charley Hood responded with a rubber-mounted scope ring which of course sent the rednekkid exspurts into a complete tailspin because "EVERYBODY KNOWS rubber moves and bounces!!"

Sooo, ncvarmintexpress, I'm liking how you think, you've good questions.

This is gonna' be ME, talkin' to ncvarmintexpress....... "Dude, set it on the floor and have at it!"

And if yer tall enough, set it on hockey pucks cuz it'll be quieter.

And if it cuts crooked, shim it or set a leveling bolt/plate/screw/jack up and take the tweak out......

But HAVE AT IT!!


LOL


al

Typical D-bag post form you alInwa. Lots of ridicule and derision but no advise on best practices and why so that someone could learn from you.

 

[alinwa]

Typical D-bag post form you alInwa. Lots of ridicule and derision but no advise on best practices and why so that someone could learn from you.

Dude, ya' fergot to mention the part about "AND..... y'er too friggin' cheap to pay for your right to post your krapp on this, our beauteous forum, ya' useless skinflap..."

Missed a solid opportunity there Davey

"Best Practices"

'At's a good one there ...... Maybe you could help us all out here and list a few of them "best practices and why" hey....??

Maybe make up a 130 page sticky like the chambering post.....





Actually, it hurts my heart some when folks, ANY folks, including you feel "ridiculed and derided by" my nonsense. Maybe you should do yourself a favor and google "Hankin's and Parr Durometer Tester"

Meantime, I'll crawl back under my rock while you heal.....

 

[Shrek]

Dude, ya' fergot to mention the part about "AND..... y'er too friggin' cheap to pay for your right to post your krapp on this, our beauteous forum, ya' useless skinflap..."

Missed a solid opportunity there Davey

"Best Practices"

'At's a good one there ...... Maybe you could help us all out here and list a few of them "best practices and why" hey....??

Maybe make up a 130 page sticky like the chambering post.....





Actually, it hurts my heart some when folks, ANY folks, including you feel "ridiculed and derided by" my nonsense. Maybe you should do yourself a favor and google "Hankin's and Parr Durometer Tester"

Meantime, I'll crawl back under my rock while you heal.....

Thanks for doubling down on the d-bag contributions. You add nothing of value here. Neither good clear professional advice nor money. That makes you just another parasite.

 

[Danny1788]

Dusty. Thx for sharing. I couldn’t help myself. Had to try out the hockey pucks.
Leveling was a piece of cake. Still have a ways to go tho!

This is why I welded the tabs on my bases because that foot print looked unstable to me. Moving the mounting tabs out to the edges made it more stable

 

[gat]

I tried most of the above mentioned ways to anchor and or isolate. I found that like many of the older machinist who came before, seasoned thin cut oak shims and seasonal straightness checks work best for my machine. Whatever make the purest cuts!