So where is the best place to place a lathe in a shop? I bought a Harvey T40 from a fellow Creeker, and plan to pick it up tomorrow. It comes with the cast iron legs so I don’t need to build a bench for it.
Right now I’m in the final stages of building my new shop and I’ve started to set my big machines in place so the electricians can put in ceiling drops. I have plenty of 230 outlets around the perimeter of the shop but plan to have ceiling drops for most of my bigger machines that will be placed in the middle of the shop.
so my question is: if you had the option of putting your lathe in the middle of your shop or along a wall. Where would you put it? And why? I have clearview 1800 with plenty of drops so I think I will have dust collection close to wherever I put it, but now is the time to make sure I have power where I’ll need it.
Attached pic of my shop