I spent a bit of time tonight measuring for wear on the lathe bed, and I'm pretty happy so far. Its still on the trailer, and needs a good cleaning but my 1/2 thou mitutoyo indicator showed maybe 2 or 3 tenths up close to the headstock on the front v way, and maybe 1/2 thou on the rear flat way and about the same for the tailstock ways
Nice.
There is an oil pump in the apron with lines going to the carriage bed and cross slide ways. If everything is working, the sliding surface stays lubricated and they last indefinitely.
....but..... after decades and decades the small copper tubes deliverying the oil very often get clogged. 'Then the lathes gets used for decades without the lube system working on one or more ways. They are a bit of a pain to fix/replace, they're on the underside of the carriage, but you want to have them working.
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