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I had one of those Sieg lathes which I modded with several of the known improvements, sadly sold it when I was limited for space Looking good, keep going, looking forward to seeing the result
While waiting for the steel, if you have a drill chuck handy, they make nice temporary flywheels (have done that a number of times!)