On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:50:00 -0400, Grunty Grogan
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:58:11 -0500, Ignoramus20788
wrote:

I was hoping that as I moved the carriage along, the indicator would
show a positive number, as the bed would go lower due to its wear
closer to the tailstock.

Since the carriage tracks the worn surfaces, the wear is probably
worse than you measured. As you go toward the headstock with the
indicator mounted on the carriage, the indicator is dropping in height
as you head towards the headstock, nulling some of the reading.

Mount the indicator on the tailstock, as the tailstock ways see the
least amount of use on MOST lathes

Gunner