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Ebner Heating Air Conditioning Co.
开云体育I'm getting a heavy bench set
up to accept my lathe. After bolting a heavy set of casters that were sized to
accept the 400 pound weight I ended up with a bench that is to high to
comfortably work while sitting on a stool. My question would be is there a rule
of thumb 'height wise" that?I should shoot for? I don't want to cut the
legs off so that the bench ends up to low.
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Mike |
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Jerry Durand
开云体育Lathe should be about elbow height...more or less to personal taste.On 02/05/2013 05:47 PM, Ebner Heating
Air Conditioning Co. wrote:
-- Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. tel: +1 408 356-3886, USA toll free: 1 866 356-3886 Skype: jerrydurand |
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The recommendation is that your lathe be at elbow height when standing or sitting. I've never been able to get comfortable without the frame of the table hitting the top of my legs. There isn't much room between my elbows and the tops of my legs when sitting.
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Since your elbows are different heights when sitting and standing, you need to be able to adjust the table or the chair/stool. Just cutting the legs won't fix your problem. I finally figured out that if I put the lathe on a taller table and use a drafting stool, my legs aren't at right angles so I have more room for them under the table. The lathe is higher when I am standing, but that puts it closer to my old eyes. So, for me, higher is better. --- In 7x12minilathe@..., Jerry Durand wrote:
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Don Leitch
开云体育I would stand on a pallet, rather than cut the legs . I made my bench high as I have a knackered back and stooping is a pain. So general layout work its perfect height, but a fraction high to see on top of the lathe. Don zl1atb ? From: 7x12minilathe@... [mailto:7x12minilathe@...] On Behalf Of Ebner Heating Air Conditioning Co.
Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013 2:48 p.m. To: 7x12minilathe@... Subject: [7x12minilathe] lathe height ? ? I'm getting a heavy bench set up to accept my lathe. After bolting a heavy set of casters that were sized to accept the 400 pound weight I ended up with a bench that is to high to comfortably work while sitting on a stool. My question would be is there a rule of thumb 'height wise" that?I should shoot for? I don't want to cut the legs off so that the bench ends up to low. ? Thanks Mike |
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John Lindo
Elbow height is good.. Try and avoid using stools or chairs. It's not easy to see over the top of the machine and is easier to have the chips hit your face.even worse, something flies out of the chuck,which can happen.And on that point,it's not easy to tighten a chuck or collet sitting down. Also if you have a confined workshop,the stool is always in the way. Exceptions of course if you are unfortunate to be disabled. John L Spain
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My own preference is to have the cross slide handle at elbow height.
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Andy --- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Ebner Heating Air Conditioning Co." wrote:
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<1360120342.56572.YahooMailClassic@...>, Mark Schwiebert <maschwiebert@...> wrote: I have old eyes,and use the mini, for tiny work,so I have mine highThe answer to that is to replace your safety glasses or goggles - you DO wear them don't you! - with a full face visor. I have always worn one of these as I find it more comfortable. -- Stuart |
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开云体育? The general rule for lathes and mills is the handwheels (carriage handwheel on the lathe) should be about elbow height. This is just a rule of thumb.?I got a deal on two bar stools, nice black leather padded seats with back rests, where the top of the seat is ~30" tall. For my 5'10" height, this means I do not really lower my upper body height very much when I sit down on the stools. They have the usual bar around the four legs for resting your feet on, and under my lathe there is a box I can use as a foot rest when I am leaning over the machine to carefully disengage the carriage feed lever when turning up to a shoulder and such like that. ?If I had to choose, I would prefer a machine to be a little too low versus too high, since with a machine at or a little below the elbow height rule, I can see and reach everything easily. Unless you can stand on your feet for hours without discomfort (especially after working all day), I would personally recommend doing whatever it takes with whatever you have to ensure your maximum comfort over extended periods of time. Small machines take light cuts and the time can really add up before you know it. In my case, I will often prefer to stand for a time, but usually end up sitting after perhaps an hour or so because I need to get off my damn feet. YMMV. In any case, you are going to spend a large amount of time working at those little machines, so simply being comfortable can make all the difference to your enjoyment, and add quite a bit to your available patience too... ?In my case, working things out so as to be able to comfortably stand OR sit at each machine for however long it takes to get something done, became every bit as serious a consideration as what kind of machines I bought and what tooling I use and so forth. Younger and/or healthier folks may vary widely on their opinions on the details, but for me, I need to be able to sit and work as patiently as something may?require. If I had to stand all the damn time I'd have to do something else, or do all work in short bursts, or just go fishing instead. And of course, YMMV, and widely. ?Just my two cents...! ?John Z., York, Pa. USA On 2/5/2013 8:47 PM, Ebner Heating Air
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I used my neighbor's floor standing wood lathe one day and it was
at the perfect height for me. When I set up my 8x wood lathe I measured his from spindle to floor and it was 44" so I set mine to the same height. Out of curiousity I measured my 7x metal lathe and it too was 44". I'm 6' tall if that helps. On Tue, 5 Feb 2013, Ebner Heating Air Conditioning Co. wrote: I'm getting a heavy bench set up to accept my lathe. After bolting a Vince. -- Michigan VHF Corp. The Foggy Mist Emporium |
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Sit on your chair or stool, measure down to the floor what ever is comfortable to you to operate your lathe. Since we are all different heights,there is no set bench height.My bench is 36" high. The stool is 18" high. mike
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??? The Dr.'s disabled me from work where I've been working in the Coal Mines since 1975. I had to figure out how to fix my shop to ergonomically fit me. I made a blueprint of what was going where. I looked at the Spec.'s on each piece of equipment to figure out how & where to make my benches. ??? It sure has saved me a lot of pain and moving around. I had a right wrist fusion in 94 which was the second surgery i had on it. I been working around physical? impairments since 1978. ??? It is second hand to me to think about these barriers since. It makes a big difference if your going to be at a certain place for any length of time. Paul? ?? From: John Lindo To: "7x12minilathe@..." <7x12minilathe@...> Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [7x12minilathe] lathe height
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Elbow height is good.. Try and avoid using stools or chairs. It's not easy to see over the top of the machine and is easier to have the chips hit your face.even worse, something flies out of the
chuck,which can happen.And on that point,it's not easy to tighten a chuck or collet sitting down. Also if you have a confined workshop,the stool is always in the way. Exceptions of course if you are unfortunate to be disabled. John L Spain
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John Lindo
Hello Paul. Very nice to read your post. If it is?permissible?from the moderators, please could you post pictures of? your work shop and environment,I am sure we could all learn from them. Most of us are not as young as we
think,and some hints on how to re-arrange things for physically impaired people?in small workshops (especially mine) would be more than interesting. If the moderators say it is Off Topic,a private e mail to me would be great. Thanks, best regards John L Spain.
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