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Hey Frank, you've been wondering about the dropped bed extension on the PM lathe. Here's a few pics of it in action:
I didn't really need to turn this piece off the end of the bed, but I did a bit of turning this way just so I could take a few pics for you.
I did discover that despite being very beefy steel, the extended tool rest does have a bit more vibration than the standard tool rest. It's still real stable, but just not as rock solid as the shorter one. After I took these pics, I ended up moving the tool rest back up to the main bed, but still worked down at the end of the bed.
The lower bed didn't seem to be in the way like the main bed would be if I'd been turning at the other end of the lathe. Still, if it were not there, I could have stood more a bit more square to the end of the lathe.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd offer these for your viewing enjoyment.
I didn't really need to turn this piece off the end of the bed, but I did a bit of turning this way just so I could take a few pics for you.
I did discover that despite being very beefy steel, the extended tool rest does have a bit more vibration than the standard tool rest. It's still real stable, but just not as rock solid as the shorter one. After I took these pics, I ended up moving the tool rest back up to the main bed, but still worked down at the end of the bed.
The lower bed didn't seem to be in the way like the main bed would be if I'd been turning at the other end of the lathe. Still, if it were not there, I could have stood more a bit more square to the end of the lathe.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd offer these for your viewing enjoyment.