[chich2]

Some of you may freak out about this but I have been really liking the height the machine is currently at off the floor. Because of the railway line and trolley I made, the machine is sitting about 200mm (8") up from the floor. The more I fiddle with the machine the more I like it at this height. Another thing I like about it being high is the location of the hydraulic drain and the coolant drain plugs. They are built into the machine as the lowest points so you can drain the oil and coolant. Problem is it makes it difficult to drain into something. You have to pump the liquids out, which I am not equipped to do.

Like I said, I like the working height now where the machine is 200mm off the floor. SO........

I purchased some 200UB29 and my brother in-law and I made this frame to sit the lathe on. I had to make it so I could poke it in under the lathe once it's jacked up off the railway line. The lathe normally sits on 6 screws that you use to level the machine with so we added 6 strengthening gussets welded between the flanges where each screw jack sits. Attached are some photo's of making the frame and also how the forks hold it. The frame will have a 1mm thick rubber strip glued to the bottom of the steel where it rests onto the concrete floor.

Chich