When I assembled the compound of my lathe, I noticed a lot of slack in the screw, .025″ or more. I make an attempt and fixing that, but first facing off the dial and the bushing to remove the wear marks, and then by making an aluminum washer to take up the slack. I got most of it out, but not as much as I would have liked. Link my bio.
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