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Lathe took up more space than I thought. Bench won't fit under the window so I may cheat the lathe over about 3ft and put the cabinet in the corner. I got the lathe clean enough to use, but may polish 'er up a little more. Coolant makes a hell of a mess. I just leveled the lathe with a decent torpedo level. I will have to buy or borrow a machinest level for the final setup.
I agree. As it sits there is about 15" to the wall. When I pull the heater, I will move it right about 3'. That puts me 6" shy of the crack in the floor, gives me room for the bench, plus the the original 15" to open the door and get to the motor. I've got enough room behind it now to get to the rear mounts and motor tensioner. I haven't pulled the cover yet to see how big the coolant tank is. Might not be able to get it out once the lathe is mounted. Looks like the buggy will have to come out. I'm running out of room back there.
Ya, you will want to keep an eye on the level and make sure you don't fixture anything up using a level if it's critical. You'll need to indicate everything in each time you load the vice/table.
I plan on indicating everything. shuffled some stuff around and here is what I've kinda figured for bench/cabinet placement. I could swap them or trim the long one down a foot and turn it 90 degrees. That would still give me room to open the belt/change gear door on the lathe. It would feel more natural to me too. The lathe is directly below a four foot, for bulb florescent and lit better than anything I've worked on so far. I'm thinking of ditching the carriage light or at least re-locating it to the back splash so it's still close if I do need it. I played around with the coolant tank and found just how close to the wall I can put the lathe and still get it in/out.
There will be so many times you will wish that was not the case..................