Lead Screws

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

Thanks for all this information, I am going to print it off and study it all, I do have a concern about the wear on my lathe lead screw as it's old and will it be upto the job

[Pete RimmerParticipant @peterimmer30576]

There's a very good chance that if you can cut your screw with the tool running away from the chuck, your lathe leadscrew is probably barely worn (if any at all) in that direction.

Of course, the only way to know is to map the wear in the lathe leadscrew

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

Thank you for that Pete

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