G'day everyone,

In this video I will attempt to fill my mini lathe bed with some epoxy granite. Epoxy granite is a mix of crushed granite and epoxy resin. the aim is to add mass and damping to reduce chatter and vibrations in mills and lathes. My mini lathe weights only about 50kg, with the bed only weighting 12kg, which is very light and as such is susceptible to chatter. My aim is to add epoxy granite. For several reasons, relating to cost, density and vibration absorption I am testing using aluminum oxide garnet as a possible filler media for epoxy granite.

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0:00 Behind The Scenes Lathe Upgrades
1:36 Intro Into Epoxy Granite
3:00 Tearing down The Lathe and Prepping It for Epoxy Granite
7:06 Epoxy Granite Theory
10:41 Adding Epoxy Granite To Lathe
12:39 Results Of Epoxy Granite and Final upgrade