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All very good points, thankyou gentleman.

I have no real comparison on used machinery value, as I am not amongst any machinist friends neither hobbyist nor journeyman.

Please chime in here with reference to value:

$1700 lathe purchase (absolutely no accessories or tooling)
$500 gear repair
$300 chuck purchase
$250 motor purchase

Total:
2750 Canadian
2700 AUD
2600 USD
1900 EUR
1500 GBP

Well broadly it's roughly equivalent to my Colchester Master 2500.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/colchester/page17.html

These lathes in fair condition command over £3000 in the uk - an example:

http://www.traceymachinery.co.uk/lathes.htm

So money wise you are well in the lead

Bily,

As per your PM here is a picture of my Colchester Master 2500 levelling screw arrangement

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(06-27-2014, 06:03 AM)awemawson Wrote: [ -> ]Bily,

As per your PM here is a picture of my Colchester Master 2500 levelling screw arrangement

thanks for the picture, you mentioned that the screw went onto/into a 6mm plate. is there just one large plate or just small "beer coaster" sized ones under each leg?

Just a 100 mm square of about 6 mm plate to spread the load. I've seen many in factories where the screw bears directly on concrete, but I cannot believe they'll stay accurately level for long !

(06-27-2014, 07:29 AM)awemawson Wrote: [ -> ]I cannot believe they'll stay accurately level for long !

I agree, any vibration, for whatever cause, would cause "boring" into the weakest concrete at whatever point.

I have four bolts that have a chemical anchor fix them into the concrete on each of the 2 pedestals on my lathe. I shimmed the lathe at each point, so that the pedestal bares down on a solid footing.

I'm not at work now to check but I think one of the Lathes there may have been sat on anti vibration mounts.

Following on from my previous post, I took some pics that show the system I used. All pretty self explanatory and I'm sure that given the info you can use Google to get more info than I can provide. Basically, you use the hex driver to spin the thread and bust the capsule (mixing the epoxy). Once the epoxy is set, you can torque up the nut.

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Hay Mayhem,
How dose the epoxy compare to say red head anchor bolts?
I have been considering anchoring a bench down in my carport, it's asphalt and red heads won't stay put in asphalt.