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Rocky, my lathe is a 6" (radius/12" OD) Clausing. With a h....uvalot of fiddling, I made a 1" aluminum spacer for under the headstock, the tailstock and a 1" riser under the tool post. My old lathe now swings 14" OD- just enough to face a Ford flywheel. Small shops routinely add a 4" thick spacer to milling machines to increase their vertical reach. I saw no reason the mod wouldn't work on a lathe, just more trouble, especially in the geartrain. But mine has been working for 25 years now. New bearings help a lot with the precision.

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