Cantek 1440, Birmingham, Wilton CT 1440, and others Rebuild

[dallen]

I just remembered something that I did was to make up an oil line so that I could use a oil can to oil the carriage feed worm gear by giving it a squirt every now and then when using the lathe. Reason I did this was because the way my lathe was setup to actually lube the drive was by weeping oil out of the apron onto the Bronze gear, which didn't seem to do a very good job of lubing something that runs all the time, and the poor lubrication is probably the reason that yours and my gears look the way they do.

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