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   dgreen | Sep 04, 2008 10:17pm | #1

   Have you tried it as is? Nova seems pretty proud of the performance of that hybrid stand that comes with the lathe.

    

    

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   act7713 | Sep 04, 2008 10:26pm | #2

   No I haven't.  Just got the base bolted on last night.  I am going to mostly use it for spindle work but if I decide to turn bowls, I will need something more probably.

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   dgreen | Sep 04, 2008 11:09pm | #3

   Are the legs open at the top? If so you could fill them with sand or concrete. I have a feeling you will find it will not be necessary. One of my lathes is a Delta 46-701 which is similar in size to your Nova but has a much poorer stand and I have turned some pretty big bowls on it without feeling the need for more weight. 

    

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   You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London

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   act7713 | Sep 04, 2008 11:13pm | #4

   They are open angle brackets.

    

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   dgreen | Sep 04, 2008 11:18pm | #5

   Thats interesting..... I thought the hybrid stand had box section leg members. Is this your stand? 

    

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   You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London

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   act7713 | Sep 04, 2008 11:25pm | #6

   You are right -- it does.  I was thinking of the top part.   I don't know if filling with sand would add that much weight.  The threads would get clogged up and I would be worried about slow leaks through the bottom.

   Good thought though.

   Anna

    

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   dgreen | Sep 04, 2008 11:37pm | #7

   Sand is about 100 pounds per cubic foot. Stuffing an old nylon stocking down the tube and then filling the stocking with sand should keep it out of the threads. I'd stuff a rag down to the bottom first to keep the threaded rod from perforating the stocking. 

    

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   You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London

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   wilburpan | Sep 04, 2008 11:42pm | #8

   A friend of mine has this lathe. He added weight by cutting a piece of plywood so that it would fit across the crossbars near the top of the legs. He "attached" the plywood by drilling some holes in the end of the plywood and using cable ties to hold the board in place, and then put some bags of sand on the plywood shelf.

   I've read that adding weight as close to the spindle as you can will do more to dampen vibration than weight added farther away from the spindle, such as a shelf installed lower down on the base. All I know is that his lathe easily handled a 10" out of round locust log segment without moving or vibration.

   
   

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   Edited 9/4/2008 4:44 pm ET by wilburpan

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   Dennis_P | Sep 05, 2008 06:07pm | #9

   I had the same problem myself. I ended up building a bench similar to what is described in owners manual. Shop space is tight so I added a couple of drawers for tools etc. The bottom third is a space I filled with sand and it is now rock solid. The "free stand" is still in its box. enjoy the new machine.

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   WillGeorge | Sep 05, 2008 06:39pm | #10

   Old metal worker here.. NO.. I do not turn anything wood except on a Mini 'Wood' Lathe..

   Metal lathes.. some really biggies!

   Your post stated.. I just got my new NOVA 1624-44.  Old man with poor reading eyes but still see OK way off someplace.. but still saw 'my new'..

   AS NEW..I'd just use it for awhile! And THEN think about what you really need AFTER using it in typical work.

   Just me..

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   knuts | Sep 06, 2008 03:04pm | #11

   Just an idea you might think about. This is what I built for my Shopsmith. Fill it up with sand, tools, paint etc.

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