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Re: Lathe Cart? (NY/NJ/PA)

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Originally Posted by George View Post
using a steel plate 3/4"x24"x60" as a top
Yikes! That must weigh (gets a napkin...)
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Steel has a density of 7.78 g/cm^3
3/4" = 19mm, 24" = 610mm and 60" = 1525mm
So 1.9*61*152.5 = 17675 cm^3
17675 cm^3 * 7.78 = 137500 g = 137.5 kg = 303 lb
300 pounds or so! I can imagine that would be a stable base.
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