Machine feet/mounts?

Thanks Nick,

A previous post commented on the yellow mounts and why the high cost? I wondered that too. It does say they're "shockproof". I guess that's the reason.

I guess that the construction and manufacture of the metal outer part, rubber, threaded rod, nuts etc plus all other costs etc. Everything is more expensive than it should be !

I expect shock proof and and levelling are the features of the component

Derek

Pure curiosity, but what machine needs mounts each rated for 500Kg?

People think that a BH600 is a heavy lathe at 300 Kg, So a machine weighing a ton or more must be a real biggy!

Howard

Same here, hence my question earlier - does seem like overkill.

The one thing that has struck me with both my mill and lathe being on Polymax resilient mounts is that the machines are now noticeably quieter than when on solid mounts direct to concrete.

Bo'sun Two other sources for the machine mounts are WDS Components and Berger Tools

A quick look at the Berger page for those suggests that they are meant to be used at a significant proportion of their design capability to get the optimum damping - assuming that you'd be looking at the damping type rather than just the plain foot.

I bought quite a few of the M12 threaded adjustable mounting feet from Warco over ten years ago, the type with the ball socket so the foot can seat flat on an uneven floor. They are adjustable for hight but are really designed to fit in a threaded hole, they are suplied with a single locknut but the lower hexagon is integral with the shank so adjustement isn't possible if they are used in a plane hole, unless they are fitted with a second nut as I had to for use in my Warco 1330 lathe.

The Warco 1330 requires six of them, they work perfectly well and are more than man enough for the job.