Thread: Lathe/mill adjustable feet pictures

Just finished making these adjustable feet so I thought I would post them up.
There made from materials I had on hand. I started out with only making 6 for the lathe because I have just finished moving it, and can't bolt it down were it is. Then I decided to make the 4 for the mill and 4 for the shaper while I had the lathe set up to do them, and saves doing them latter.
They are made from 50mm mild steel I had, cut to around 25mm in length on the band saw, with a 14mm hole drilled in the centre on the lathe then shaped up to what I thought looked good.
I cut up some old chemset thread rod that I had as well. That why 6 have a hex in the end.
The thread rod is metric 16x2mm machined down to 14mm dia on one end, 15mm long. I used the vise to press them together and then plug welded them from the bottom.
The machined recess on the sides were the black is, is only to give the look of factory machine mounts, that are made of two pieces. For a lathe your better off with solid mounts to stop movement after it's leveled.
The last picture shows were the feet will go on the extension bases I made when I got the lathe, the Chinese just don't make these lathe stands high enough for us Aussies. I made the extensions out of 75x75x4mm square tube cut down the middle to make C sections.
Dave

Cool units.

Nice work, they look just right. I like the paint job, very smart.

Regards
Ray

Hi,
Here are a few pictures of them installed. I used the new jib crane to lift it while I put them on. It took 4 days (10-15 minutes each day ) to finally get the lathe leveled up properly,it would settle and move each day. But it was a lot easier using these feet the than shims I had been using before.
Dave

Nicely made, is the black bit at the bottom rubber?.

Originally Posted by Graziano

Nicely made, is the black bit at the bottom rubber?.

Hi,
No it's not rubber, there all steel. You must have missed the bit about it in the first post.

The machined recess on the sides were the black is, is only to give the look of factory machine mounts, that are made of two pieces. For a lathe your better off with solid mounts to stop movement after it's leveled.
Dave

Originally Posted by Dave J

Hi,
No it's not rubber, there all steel. You must have missed the bit about it in the first post.

The machined recess on the sides were the black is, is only to give the look of factory machine mounts, that are made of two pieces. For a lathe your better off with solid mounts to stop movement after it's leveled.
Dave

Ahh I see, I should pay more attention!, A friend uses feet made from old bronze 3" dia propellor shaft For his Colchester to get the ways to elbow height.