07-08-2012, 09:28 PM
Wong
As I said I'm no expert as I've never owned a bench top mill. I don't see what the steel plate would gain you, other than a small amount of mass. The wooden bench should gain you a fair amount of dampening on its own. I've never used the vibration absorbing feet, if they absorb vibration then they probably are elastic, which must allow the machine to vibrate with respect to the bench as a car engine does in the frame. If so holding the handles might seem uncomfortable as they will be vibrating to some extent. Simple shims should take up the irregularities in your bench, can't imagine its too far off, you didn't here this from me but unless its real bad I'd bolt it down as and pull the bench to the stiff machine base.
Too often we over engineer things, I know I'm probably the worst offender.
As I said I'm no expert as I've never owned a bench top mill. I don't see what the steel plate would gain you, other than a small amount of mass. The wooden bench should gain you a fair amount of dampening on its own. I've never used the vibration absorbing feet, if they absorb vibration then they probably are elastic, which must allow the machine to vibrate with respect to the bench as a car engine does in the frame. If so holding the handles might seem uncomfortable as they will be vibrating to some extent. Simple shims should take up the irregularities in your bench, can't imagine its too far off, you didn't here this from me but unless its real bad I'd bolt it down as and pull the bench to the stiff machine base.
Too often we over engineer things, I know I'm probably the worst offender.
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Greg
Greg