Hi guys I'm thinking about building an enclosure for my g0704 mill and had a few questions and was hoping some guys here could chime in.

I can't decide if I should leave the mill mounted to the original stand or build my own stand out of welded steel tubing. I think that the cast iron base that comes with the mill provides a good degree of rigidity that a steel tube stand might not.

However I plan on building a full enclosure not just a chip tray and I'm worried that with the original stand the mill will get even more top heavy and easier to tip over.

I don't want to lose any rigidity by moving away from the cast iron base even if I just build a small low wider frame that simply goes underneath the original stand.

I saw one guy who filed his tubing with sand which is a good idea or I could even fill it with concrete to give the frame more weight.

Any suggestions? Thank you