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Mobility Wheels Continued from Page 9handles so you pick up without flexing your biceps.Look at the placement on the sides of the lathe (figure4) to determine the spacing for two 13/32” holes for themounting bolts. I drilled oversize to allow for slight misalignment.Drill the appropriate holes in each handlethen use this to mark the hole locations on the legs. Inmy case the section of the leg had enough “meat” toallow for tapped holes. Drill and tap (if appropriate)the holes in the legs and mount the handles. I left theplastic end caps and price tags on the iron pipe. Thismakes the ends more visible to minimize the chance ofwacking your legs on the handles as you mover aroundthe shop.rest support and the use of a dust hood such as Rocklerpart 26412 and a Rockler dust port bracket part number31767 would make for a cleaner installation.Figure 4 Handle MountingShelvingAgain due to a small shop I need storage spacewherever I can get it. The cast iron leg set have twoflanges that allowed me to place two box type shelvesacross from one leg to the other. I use the upper, smallershelf to hold some of the lathe tools such as the knockout bar, a chuck, faceplate, etc. The lower shelf is deepenough to hold peppermill blanks cross-wise and otherwood blanks as well. If the need arises I can removethese wood blanks and place bags of sand on this lowershelf for more stability. The shelves are covered in Figure1 with a drape of heavy cloth. This keeps shavingfrom falling in the shelves, making clean up easier.Dust collectionThe key to the dust collection is that I have installedthe outrigger tool rest. The tool rest has a 1 inchdiameter hole to accommodate the standard Nova toolrests. The outrigger can be oriented such that the toolrest mount is to the rear of the headstock as shown inFigure 5.I made the dust collector hood supports from bitsand pieces of various stands that were no longer useful.If one were starting from scratch a selection of appropriatesized pipe to fit the inside diameter of the toolPage 10 More Woodturning June 2010Figure 5.Just a bit of personal info: I have been turningfor only a few years, and am a member of AAW andCarolina Mountain Woodturners. I have done a fewbowls, some pens, some bottle stoppers etc. I wouldconsider myself a beginner. RussLetter to the EditorHi Fred:I was astonished to read the negative commentabout Lyle Jamieson in the newest More Woodturning.Yes, Lyle can be aggravating, self-serving, and evenoccasionally wrong (in my opinion) - but he’s mainlyeducational and certainly never boring! I think thecombination of your comments and his is one of thestrongest aspects of M. W. Keep him going!—Don LindsleyHello Don,I try to publish letters, even if they criticize me.There maybe a number of people who disagree withLyle and his comments, but like you I feel he addsconsiderable to the Q&A section of this magazine.—Fred Holder