Wow, did you have cigarette foil clearance on the lathe bed?
What size swing?
That's an amazing looking job but I've seen some of your other items and they all look amazing!
What size plate is that you are using?
Final dumb question (sorry).
The way you've cut the plate, I'm guessing not with the milling machine so it's been a decent size band saw?
I have a plasma cutter, only a cheap Aldi thing which will do 10mm steel and maybe slightly thicker aluminium, with the aid of a circular guide I can get an accurate blank in minimal time with minimal fuss, not that I have the guide but if I did. I reluctantly used it for the first time some time back to cut an old gas hot water tank in half to use as the slag tank for my plasma bench I'm yet to get to, I have everything here to do it. I was going to use an angle grinder till my son asked why did I bother buying the plasma cutter. I hadn't used one since I studied fabrication engineering at Young TAFE and didn't get to play much with the TAFE's expensive machine (no student did). I've fixed the electronics in a couple for friends but didn't have a compressor to play with them.
They are so fast, clean, effective and less overall scrap/waste.
Saying I haven't made the cutting table, I haven't welded the frame (stand) for the milling machine which came as a package deal with a combination lathe I bought my son, 3 years ago (health doesn't always see me getting to what I should get to). I got the separate table, vice, tools basically everything but the MOJO to weld the stand.
https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/k149?s=k149
Migraines and moving/mowing/welding/doing most average things don't mix so I'm just an old has been.