08-28-2014, 08:23 PM
I forgot to mention a comment Hans made in his reply. He said that a lathe could have either the 'normal' apron layout or a mirror image layout, like mine. The deciding factor is whether the lathe has a removable bed section below the spindle (gap-bed lathe). I suspect that the idea is to get your knuckles away from the large spinning workpiece.
Mike
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