Chris, the racks shown in the PDF were those of Jeff and Dan - mine are not "furniture grade", but just as functional. They are quick to build and one can make two or three in just about the same amount of time it takes to build one.
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Yes, I worked at there from 1976 or 7 until I retired in 2006.
What did you do at Y-12? I did software engineering until sometime in the '90s then switched to 3D modeling/visualization/animation/video until I retired.
I actually started at the K25 site but at that time all three plants were the same organization. After the split our group was transferred to ORNL but still located at the X10 or Y12 site then was eventually relocated at the X10/ORNL site. I had an office Y12 and X10 but hardly every went - I mostly worked at home and just went in for meetings. BTW, this was the "Dungeon" in my basement before we moved here to the farm:
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Thank you all for the various ideas!Currently assembling the lathe!Will report back here on how I make out.
John, Thanks for your review, one of the pivotal pieces of my decision making to get this lathe. Laguna should probably pay u a royalty; I know a few other folks bought this lathe after reading your piece.If u dont mind, send me another pic or two with a close up shot of the sand ballast setup and the drawer above that.I recently took a weekend class at NBSS for bowl turning; it was a blast - they let us use Doug Thompson's tools and powermatic lathes.I cant wait to start turning on the Laguna.
Ashwini, pics of the ballast box wouldn’t show much. It is nothing more than two 2x12s sitting in the slots cast in the legs, with the ends of the box being sections of the 2x12 cutoffs. Apply ledger strips to hold a plywood bottom, put in four bags of sand and install a plywood top. Pretty basic stuff. I just used some cheap leftover black paint to make it blend with the lathe. The drawer section is a separate unit that sits on top of the box and screwed to the top of the box with a couple screws to keep it from shifting.
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