dadiOH wrote:
Why do you think it needs
reinforcement?


Mostly I don't want to mount the lathe and then discover the desk is
coming apart under it. It's relatively little work to add gussets and
whatnot now, it'll be a lot more work later. There's also some good
chance the lathe will get scooted around the garage on a jack to make
clearance for other work from time to time. That's apt to be hard on
the desk, no matter how careful I am.

Basically it's the ounce of prevention versus the pound of cure syndrome.

8-)

bob prohaska