Hi, I have a laguna 24/36. It's pretty darn heavy ~500 or 600lbs. I have it standing on a cement slab. I don';t have a bandsaw so I put some pretty unbalanced pieces on there. I run good and slow till it come more round. I understand and adhere to the principle that you turn the speed up till you start to shake then dial it back a bit. The thing is sometimes when it starts to shake and I turn it town, well it take a bit to slow down, and the lathe ends up doing the river dance a good 6 inches. ( all this is to say, I"m not to blame. )
So out of round pieces make my lathe move. Possible solutions, add a bunch of sand bags, attach the lathe the to the slab, maybe just add like a block or something blocking the feet from moving in that direction.
I'm thinking attach to slab is best, but the feet on this thing, they do have a hole in them but it's a threaded hole for leveler feet. What would the plan be? drill these out and then sink the cement bolts and tighten down? Also, I wonder, if I attach to the slab is that just going to rip the whole lathe apart when it starts to want to dance? Energy doesn't just disappear, and when you gotta dance no one can tell you to stop!
Thoughts and experiences are welcome and as always greatly appreciated.
So out of round pieces make my lathe move. Possible solutions, add a bunch of sand bags, attach the lathe the to the slab, maybe just add like a block or something blocking the feet from moving in that direction.
I'm thinking attach to slab is best, but the feet on this thing, they do have a hole in them but it's a threaded hole for leveler feet. What would the plan be? drill these out and then sink the cement bolts and tighten down? Also, I wonder, if I attach to the slab is that just going to rip the whole lathe apart when it starts to want to dance? Energy doesn't just disappear, and when you gotta dance no one can tell you to stop!
Thoughts and experiences are welcome and as always greatly appreciated.