first built a version of this stand when I was developing a turning program for the high school where I was teaching. I had enough money in my budget for five mini lathes and an assortment of tools, but not enough for stands. No worries. A few sketches and a bit of scrounged plywood later, I had a set of serviceable, knock-down stands that actually outlasted the electronics in those mini lathes. (If you want to test anything for durability, just put it in room full of adolescents…) Making those stands knock-down was important because I needed to be able
