I had a boxford lathe in the front room of a 1st floor flat many years ago, it stood on a couple of lengths of scaff board as I wasn't sure the ancient floor boards would handle the weight.You have missed the must have - a lathe - it can go in the living room![]()
The people downstairs were noisy b'astards at all hours of the day and night anyway so I figured they would just have to put up with a bit of rumbling and the odd screech....