Is .0005 runout in 10" acceptable?

[TomG]

Rollies dad got it right and his method is all you need to take the twist out of the bed, the level is not even required. It is essentially mapping the centerline of the spindle and by shimming the feet on the lathe, making that centerline parallel with the ways both horizontally and vertically. Getting back to the original question though, if you followed the procedure and got .0005", that is more than acceptable. I'd say you are finished.

Tom