"Wes" wrote in message
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"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!

An old, old trick. g

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

I don't remember it, but that would make it even more suitable. That's how I
clean the screw on my SB.

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Ed Huntress