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Mobility Wheels Continued from Page 9h<strong>and</strong>les 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 h<strong>and</strong>lethen 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 <strong>and</strong> tap (if appropriate)the holes in the legs <strong>and</strong> mount the h<strong>and</strong>les. I left theplastic end caps <strong>and</strong> price tags on the iron pipe. Thismakes the ends more visible to minimize the chance ofwacking your legs on the h<strong>and</strong>les as you mover aroundthe shop.rest support <strong>and</strong> the use of a dust hood such as Rocklerpart 26412 <strong>and</strong> a Rockler dust port bracket part number31767 would make for a cleaner installation.Figure 4 H<strong>and</strong>le MountingShelvingAgain due to a small shop I need storage spacewherever I can get it. <strong>The</strong> 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. <strong>The</strong> lower shelf is deepenough to hold peppermill blanks cross-wise <strong>and</strong> otherwood blanks as well. If the need arises I can removethese wood blanks <strong>and</strong> place bags of s<strong>and</strong> on this lowershelf for more stability. <strong>The</strong> shelves are covered in Figure1 with a drape of heavy cloth. This keeps shavingfrom falling in the shelves, making clean up easier.Dust collection<strong>The</strong> key to the dust collection is that I have installedthe outrigger tool rest. <strong>The</strong> tool rest has a 1 inchdiameter hole to accommodate the st<strong>and</strong>ard Nova toolrests. <strong>The</strong> 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 bits<strong>and</strong> pieces of various st<strong>and</strong>s 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, <strong>and</strong> am a member of AAW <strong>and</strong>Carolina 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, <strong>and</strong> evenoccasionally wrong (in my opinion) - but he’s mainlyeducational <strong>and</strong> certainly never boring! I think thecombination of your comments <strong>and</strong> 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.<strong>The</strong>re maybe a number of people who disagree withLyle <strong>and</strong> his comments, but like you I feel he addsconsiderable to the Q&A section of this magazine.—Fred Holder