well, not both halves.
I cleaned the lathe the other day and made some adjustments oiled etc.
When running the lead screw from the tail stock to the head stock with the half nuts closed as if threading I noticed the carriage stopped moving about half way along. It looked as if the half nuts had opened a little and let them lose their grip.
I stripped it all down to check what was happening and found one half was ok but the other half had a lot of wear.
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Stripped Half Nuts
I cleaned the lathe the other day and made some adjustments oiled etc.
When running the lead screw from the tail stock to the head stock with the half nuts closed as if threading I noticed the carriage stopped moving about half way along. It looked as if the half nuts had opened a little and let them lose their grip.
I stripped it all down to check what was happening and found one half was ok but the other half had a lot of wear.
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The...
Stripped Half Nuts