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265475 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2018‑03‑16 Re: Concrete casting to mount an antique metal lathe...
Why not just throw a bag of concrete (or three) on the plywood, and be
done  Just add weight to the portable table, and let the table be the
stiffness.

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:23 PM, Claudio DeLorenzi 
wrote:

>  To put the size into perspective, this thing only needs a base of  1 foot
> by 3 feet or so- I
> just want it to have torsional stabilty, to prevent any twist on the ways,
> and the concrete "slabette" is just going to sit on some plywood on a steel
> table (which is on wheels- not ideal for a metal lathe).
>

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Kirk Eppler in HMB, CA

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