On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 5:17:01 PM UTC-7, bob prohaska wrote:
I just acquired a wood office desk made in the 1930's which looks
like it would make a good bench for my South Bend 10k lathe. The
desk has lots of drawers, very helpful...

Not that I have anything against desks, but a better support would not
have a floppy wood tabletop in the picture. You'd want (1) something higher
than a desk, for most 'bench' lathes, you want heavy support down to the
(hopefully concrete) floor if you can get it (for vibration damping), and despite
the best intentions of furniture makers, the glues of "the 1930's" may be
somewhat degraded (and a little shaking could pull the joints apart),
Lathe on desktop results in no lathe damage, and bad writing surface on
the desk.

Wood pedestals with modern glues, and enough doors that you can hide
drawers behind, under an oil-impermeable swarf tray, would be my preference.
A rollaround with drawers can be slid between the pedestals.

But, it's your lathe, I always think big when I don't have to build it...