How To Make A Wood Lathe Stand

Drill holes through the metal 4-inch by 4-inch by ¼-inch thick metal base plate around the center weld and dowel so that you can attach your stock wood piece to the base plate passing 4 two-inch wood screws through the holes in the base plate and into the stock wood piece to be turned with your new homemade wood lathe.

How to make a wood lathe stand. The arms on top attach directly to the bed of the lathe so its basically two single leg frames joined by a wooden cross member near the bottom at the back. This is the height at which your lathes center to be. Building from regular construction lumber of 2x6 and 2x4 material makes this an eas.

You should adjust these measurements to suit your height or use a platform to increase your height. To make this go quicker I use my data stacked in my table saw. In this instance there isnt much of a choice to make the joints strong and durable glue is the best option.

I recommend using a temporary fence as a stop block to make these cuts. I added a piece of 34 plywood on top to make a table top area - it doesnt perform any support function - got the lathe mounted painted it and moved it into its new spot. This will get me started.

To form the legs of the lathe stand I am gluing pairs of 84 stock together I put all four legs in the clamps at once like a big cutting board. Another option would be to use a regular butt joint for all these joints. Follow the cut list and cut the 24 and 26 boards down to final size.

I used my angle grinder with a thin blade to make all of the cuts and then did a dry fit before welding the parts together. Cut all the boards to size. Measure the length from your elbow to the ground.

The drawing was a great help when I cut out the parts. Just be careful to only put glue on the parts you want to stick together. A couple of off grid again building Wooden lathe stand plans an accessory workbench for my forest lathe.