Table type for a cylinder arm machine?

[dikman]

LD, a pretty compact solution, all that weight should make it quite stable. Mess? What mess?

Evo, that is also an interesting stand. Great solutions, people, I love seeing what others come up with.

[LumpenDoodle2]

The only problem I've had (if you can call it a problem), is if I'm winding a bobbin, and give it wellie, the stand will shake.   There again, at top speed, the original table shoogled a bit too.  

I can live with that, as it has gained me enough room in my minuscule workshop for a good sized storage unit (courtesy of Heart of House Tollerton kitchen trolly, with little baskets underneath for my webbing).

[Darren Brosowski]

 

This is what I currently have, and seems like a lot of wasted space (at least for what I do).

I guess the simplest option would be to cut the table back to the actual leg width. This will reduce the width by 14" to 32". Next option is cut and weld the two horizontal metal bars to reduce the width even further. Either way is going to be a lot less work than building a new table.

 

[dikman]

That's very nice, Darren, and the sort of thing I had in mind.

[LumpenDoodle2]

I do like that single pedestal stand.   I'm interested in how the motor will be mounted.

Oh, and I've added a picture of my finished table (I even hoovered special).

 

[dikman]

Too clean and tidy! How can you find anything?

That table of Darren's doesn't look that difficult to make (maybe one day...). As for the motor, mounted underneath the tabletop as per normal I guess.

[LumpenDoodle2]

Ahh....   I had the image of the machine mounted directly onto the post, possibly with a flat bar fitted a bit lower to mount the motor onto.

But fitting a cut down table makes more sense.   Especially if you need to cant the machine over to access the innards.