Gerald that really is a beautiful lathe stand and woodbutcher I look forward to seeing yours, sounds like a great bench and thank you everyone as always for the suggestions. It’s just time and money and I know I will get there eventually, I always do. Besides it’s a fun process compared to where I came from to here. Four years ago I had to have a bunch of surgeries and between recovery and the slow arse VA  it cost me my home, car, darn near lost my leg, and everything but my Wife and Son. We busted our asses and made smart moves and a year ago bought our first house. I couldn’t ride my motorcycle anymore so I picked up woodworking and fell in love with it. Picking up piece by piece over the past year and throwing together what I could with what I have. I am just proud to be able to finally have a lathe and wanted to share. I literally made that out of table saws I was using as an assembly table last week. By next year this time the shop will look completely turned around! I am saving up to get good hardwood to build these projects and think I have found a great source about an hour from here, next on the list is a truck to go get the wood! Alright enough lazy time, back to working on the shop! 

 

Semper Fi,

Joe

On 7/13/2019 at 6:27 PM, Woodpeckah said:

this is a temp bench and I am in the process of nuking my entire workshop and doing a new layout and equipment stands.

@Woodpeckah, I'm sure you have already thought of this, but when you disassemble your temp lathe stand in favor of a different design, don't dispose of those saw horses.  They will come in handy later.