"Ed Huntress" wrote:


If you have the lathe running, set it to a slow speed/feedrate and wrap a
piece of heavy cotton cord ONCE ONLY around a groove in the leadscrew at one
end; pull hard on the cord; traverse the cord to the other end.

Soaking it in paint thinner, or, in a pinch, WD-40, will help clean out a
lot of gunk.


That is an excellent suggestion! Btw, if you haven't seen his model of lathe, it has a
rather fine pitched lead screw so a bit of dirt is a lot of dirt.

Wes
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