Got a mini-lathe for Christmas last year and needed something to put it on. Hundreds of spinning tops and mushrooms later, I’m pretty sure it was worth it. Here’s a couple other things from my lathe.
One of the most useful things I added to my workbench was casters. That way you get to easily move it at will.
Good looking workbench! How did you secure the top, just of curiosity? Glue or screws from underneath?
Also do you have to put a lot of weight on the bottom shelf while you’re turning to kill the vibrations? Or is it heavy enough as is for your lathe?
Very nice, well done.
This is beautiful stuff, wish I had a house with a space for a workshop!
Hi there! I don’t do woodworking but have always wondered about this, so maybe someone can enlighten me!
What advantages does using two planks of wood have over using one thicker chunk of wood? So, the first image I see the legs are two pieces of wood, and am just wondering why not use a thicker piece of wood?
Sorry for being clueless, but I find woodworking fascinating. :-)
Ease of construction is the answer. The lower shelf rests all of its weight on the shorter leg portion 2x4 making a kind of faux half lap joint. If they used one chunk of wood for the leg instead of three pieces they would have to remove the material where the shelf nests into the leg which would take more time and complexity to the work.
So, essentially, using this method, they were able to have the top part of the table rest on the outer side of the two planks, and the lower shelf’s weight is distributed to the plank that was cut into?
Wow, that is a serious butt plug.
Good work! It looks solid.
mini lathe
I watched This Old Tony on Youtube and now I can’t stop reading it as “manila-the.”
That is some impressive thumb dexterity, my gosh.
Nice!!
wtf is going on with your thumb?
nothing? mine does that if you mean bents back that far.
Self design or copied from existing plans? Do you consider it ‘done’ or are you still planning to add/modify?
