Lathe Cross Slide Problem

[EdK]

Ken,

I did something similar when I got the nut since the bottom was not flat due to the stresses being relieved from the slitting operation. I just skimmed it enough to make it flat. Now I'll skim it to size.
I threaded the nut onto the lead screw and then put the lead screw onto a matched set of V-blocks so the nut was suspended above the vise base. Then I clamped it into the vise. The sketch below shows it better than I can describe it. The top sketch is looking at the side view and the bottom at the top view.

Ed