I was occasionally looking for metal lathes on ebay by distances nearest and I noticed one <5 miles away. I phoned to arrange viewing and turns out it's the next street in the village. It's old and awesome and definitely locost, he showed me it working and it came with boxes of tools/spares. The motor was mounted on his wall and the weight of the motor tensions the belt. He had a brick ledge that took most of the weight which I don't have. I need to mount it above the lathe now it's back in my garage but I've never done anything with masonry, not even a rawl plug. The motor came with two brackets with a hole in each about 8mm across. How can I mount it to the wall? I could easily weld up some more brackets if it helps spread the load.





[Edited on 21-3-2012 by Benzine]

I would drill another couple of holes and mount it using 4 8mm expansion bolts, just make sure the hole centres a spaced to be central in the bricks if possible.
Paul

My lathe is a flat belt drive and the motor is bracketted off the back if the headstock. The main frame is drilled and tapped to hold the steelwork and it supports the motor.

Holy Health and Safety comittees Batman

If the wall is also the house wall, be prepared for grumbles from 'er in doors about the constant humming noise throughout the house!

Youre garage wall looks like single brick which is not ideal for bolting stuff to as you will probably blow the brick face when drilling.
The best way would be to drill the hole in the mortar and use either long bolts or thread bar to go right through the brick with body washers on the out side effectively clamping the motor to the wall but downside is the bolt heads will be visible on the outside.
although it will be a strong solution.

Make a metal frame to carry the motor and bolt it to the floor.

Thanks for all the ideas. I think I'll go with some sort of a metal frame, don't want to risk messing up the brickwork (outside wall is on neighbours side too so can't go right through the bricks) Also a frame means if we move house (likely in the next couple of years) it'll be easy to set up again.