mchech
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Finally ready to make shavings. First I ran a 220 volt line to power the vs drive. Next I raised it 4" so I do not have to bend over. I don't bend at all. I added a sliding dust collection hood which will cover the entire 42" bed. Built 2 ballast boxes and loaded them with 16 bags of lead shot (400#) left over from the trap shooting days. Built a storage cabinet with an 18" x 36" work surface under the bed. As is it weighs around 950# and should not shake much when turning larger stuff. I've replaced the finish nail experiment holding the dust hood chain with a strip of hooks.