"Pal" wrote in message
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Is this the Maximum diameter a Lathe can turn?

So if I measure 3" from the spindle center to the bed rail then the
"swing over bed" would be 6"?

Yes. In the US. In the UK, the swing would be 3 inches.

We go by diameter in the US, and they go by radius in the UK.

Ed Huntress