In article .com, gtslabs
says...

What am I doing wrong? Could I have metric gears? I bought the lathe
used and dont know its history.

See what Bill commented above.

Are you using the half nuts to engage the leadscrew?

If so, then somebody may have put a non-standard
gear in the train.

Jim


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