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Default suggested weight for a lathe that has a 30" diam capacity

Not sure of the mathematics. Bill, Ec, Mike or Dan can explain it
better, but I think the difference in swinging a 24" blank and a 30"
blank would be surprising. The increase in the stresses involved isn't
linear.


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