bolting a lathe without feet

Hello gentleman,

I own a Ceriani lathe. You can see it on

As you can see on and in the link above, this lathe has no "feet" or "legs".

I would like to bolt the lathe on my (steel) stand with leveling mounts/jackscrew/jackmount or something similar, but I have no idea about to do that without lathe feet.

Manufacturer did put two holes in the belt cabinet (the box on the left side of the lathe). This is made by sheet metal and it is bolted to the bed. I think it is just for "locking" lathe, not for supporting it.

Under the tailstock, there is space for a little plate. This plate is supported from bed and, if bolted to the stand, presses the bed against stand. This way, the plate lock the bed to the stand. Not a nice setup IMHO. (And I don't like three point support...)

Holes in the belt cabinet and plate under tailstock are the suggested ways to bolt the lathe to a stand in the manufacturer's opinion (I asked for that to the manufacturer).

Have you a better idea?

I did think to put two aluminum/stee plates, one under the headstock and and the other under the tailstock,each supported with four leveling bolts.

But leveling a lathe supported by eight bolts is not a simple thing. For instance, What if I use just two leveling mount for every plate? (lathe weighs 85 kg).

Or what if I drill a couple of hole in the bed and then I put four L-shaped plated just to create a sort of feet? (But drilling the bed doesn't make me happy...). Lets' say, something like in the pic visible on

Thank you in advance for your answers.

lele