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I built this lathe stand from the plans in Shopnotes #67. I followed their plan and dimensions except for adding the two deep drawers on the left side rather than have open shelving to collect dust. The case is made from 3/4" MDF. For the drawers I used up all the 1/2" plywood I had laying around, then used poplar for the drawer fronts, door frame and trim around the bench top. All drawers ride on full extension drawer slides while the cabinet rolls on four 3" heavy duty swivel castors. There are adjustable levelors on each corner to raise it off the floor and keep it steady during use. The two shallow drawers on the upper right are for keeping turning chisels handy. They are bottomless so that chips fall through to the floor. I'll have to figure out something else if (when) I get longer handled chisels in the future. I plan to mount my slow speed grinder and Wolverine system on this stand to make it handy for sharpening. Since I had a quart of Deft Satin in the cabinet I decided to use it up and finished this stand with three coats of Deft on the case and 4 coats on the top. Thank God for resperators! I had forgotten why I quit using that stuff. The drawers will give me plenty of storage for turning supplies and blanks. I think this will work out great for me.