Tips/Techniques Mounting a mill

[Grizzly Adams]

I finally bit the bullet and bought a real mill, am a little conflicted about the mounting. I built a heavy duty wood stand to carry it, question being, is it better to mount it solidly or with a rubber vibration damper ?

 

[DavidR8]

I think we need a bit more detail on what you bought, where it's located etc. before we can provide any suggestions.

 

[Proxule]

I built a heavy duty wood stand to carry it

 

[YotaBota]

That is a thing of beauty, now to figure who to coerce to get one under my tree.

Do you have any history on mill?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I guess it's a basic question. Should I include vibration damping in the installation or not ? or does it really matter ? The mill is a King 31, weighs around 300 kg. and the stand is similar to this, except of course to accommodate the increased weight and size.

 

[DavidR8]

I would not put any vibration damping in the mounting.

 

[mbond]

If your stand is made of wood, you already have vibration dampening Wood can absorb a lot of energy

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Thanks gentlemen.