Thread: Reinforcing the mill stand

Hi Ira Got you - you need to move the lathe about. I would look for some flexible machine mounts. These are high stiffness rubber and look like a square mounting plate wth a mushroom top with a single tapped hole. Try looking on ebay or Google for antivibration mounts and you might strike lucky. By using over sized holes and rubber packing you will achieve a simlar effect but you need high stffnes rubber and I would guess 0.5 inch thick but...

Thanks Pat! Bolts are good What kind of packing should I use? I have some 3/16 chemical resistant rubber I got to make some chip shields. Do I just put that under the lathe feet and adjust the lathe twist by tightening/loosening the lathe bolts? edit: OKay, I think I understand that the packing is really a solid shim material to take up the gaps (Yay/Nay)? I'm worried about lathe twist, but I'm flying by the seat of my pants....