Gosh Blades...I don't know what to say But thank you for making my day.

Bill,
I originally intended to bring the cross slide block a few more inches to cover the vacated circular cutout in the original cross slide. However, it would have reduced by about 2" the max diameter size of stock I could turn. So I ended up milling the A36 steel to size so that it wouldn't interfere. Now I'll just cover the cutout area with a .080" sheet aluminum to keep it chip free.