Lathe Cross Slide Problem

[EdK]

Well, lookie what was waiting for me when I got home from work.

Very nice Ken! It's a vast improvement over my old leadscrew and nut. I ran the leadscrew through the nut and it did bind a bit in places but it also cleaned out some stuff that looked like cardboard fibers from the shipping tube. I cleaned that off and ran the leadscrew through the nut again and the binding was very minimal and it felt almost as smooth as butter. I'm sure it will wear in nice and smooth. Hopefully I won't screw it all up drilling and tapping for the mounting screws. Although, I probably won't do any worse than the original. But then again.
I know what I'll be doing this coming three day weekend since they're forecasting rain on Sunday and Monday.

Thanks so much Ken!

Ed

Old leadscrew on top.