Lathe setup

[Papa Charlie]

I will be trying the hockey puck suggested by Dusty. That is a great trick. I worry about the factory ones as it seems like the cushion would settle over time and through the lathe out of alignment.
It sure doesn't break the bank to use the hockey puck method which is also a huge plus. I found individual pucks online for as little as $1.50 each. Add a carriage bolt, some large fender washers, and three nuts to them and you have a very inexpensive stable foot for maybe $5 or $6 bucks each.

 

[powderbrake]

Hockey pucks are in the range of 60 Shore C durometer.

 

[gunnermhr]

i leveled mine using the cast pads provided by the manufacturer then grouted into place. I don't like the idea of rubber or synthetic. I'm confident my machine isn't going to move

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Hockey pucks are in the range of 60 Shore C durometer.

What does this tell us? I couldnt care less if theyre 4 or 400 durometer they work.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I guess a 60 shore C durometer is perfect. Now go get some hockey pucks and rest easy knowing your machine will be happy. I wonder if it matters if you use canadian, american or north korean made pucks?

 

[ridgeway]

I'm still having a hard time why mounting a small tool room lathe on thick rubber pucks is a good idea, lol. A mill and CNC is a different story.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I'm still having a hard time why mounting a small tool room lathe on thick rubber pucks is a good idea, lol. A mill and CNC is a different story.

Give it a try. I wouldnt go back to the solid feet. Machines need to breathe.

 

[Randfal]

Ok ok, I have to chime in now. After reading everyone’s comments I have to give my two cents on the most critical thing here...
Go with American hockey pucks. Pay once, cry one.

 

[gunnermhr]

Well, if I were using hockey pucks, I'd have to go with Canadian, LOL.

 

[mikeeg02]

i leveled mine using the cast pads provided by the manufacturer then grouted into place. I don't like the idea of rubber or synthetic. I'm confident my machine isn't going to move

I think it looks like the grout is not equal distant around the one side. Im assuming you probably tuned that to your lathe to offset the vibrations and eliminate the chatter? Lol

Well, if I were using hockey pucks, I'd have to go with Canadian, LOL.

Going Canadian eh?

 

[Puzzaz01]

Well, if I were using hockey pucks, I'd have to go with Canadian, LOL.

Yeh I'd guess Canada has more experience in building a quality puck!

Darrin

 

[GenePoole]

Official NHL game puck (made in Canada):

Officially Licensed Souvenir Puck :

 

[GLZ]

Official NFL game puck (made in Canada):

Officially Licensed Souvenir Puck :

The Saints may have been pucked, but I have yet to see a puck at a NFL game

 

[Cloudrepair]

I'm still having a hard time why mounting a small tool room lathe on thick rubber pucks is a good idea, lol. A mill and CNC is a different story.

I'm curious why a mill or a cnc would be different?

 

[GenePoole]

Doh!

 

[alinwa]

I growed up in hockey country...

Hwockee = "Cal'gary, eh, how's it hangin'?"
Hawkey = "Mpls, hey.... go go Gophers"
Haa'ckee = "Milwaukee, yo, stick a Badger in a Gopher hole...."
Hyackee = Boston, "t'CHU lookin' at cha' piece-a-shit!"

Out here now, in WA they just say hockey cuz they don't know no better.....

any way, any how, any where, it all means blood on the ice......

 

[Dusty Stevens]

The best hyackee players are missing multiple teeth

 

[mrjdasr]

I always thought hockey pucks were used to fill the void between peoples ears

 

[Papa Charlie]

i leveled mine using the cast pads provided by the manufacturer then grouted into place. I don't like the idea of rubber or synthetic. I'm confident my machine isn't going to move

I don't see any shims or other leveling devices under your lathe. While it is possible that your floor is perfect, somehow I find it hard to believe. How did you level your lathe?

 

[carlsbad]

Papa, he used the leveling pads and screws that came with the lathe. Once he had it perfect, he then gounted under it, encapsulating the leveling pads inside the grout. Not his lathe cannot move. Lets hope his floor never moves. I have a buddy that before he got his lathe he cut a hole in his garage floor and put in a 2' thick foundation for the lathe...

--Jerry