Hi Pete, Many thanks for your reply. I shall look into doing as you suggest when I get some spare time. Recently I ran some molten plastic, from a hot plastic glue gun, onto the thread to see what results I achieved. It released easily and could have been used except the material is rather softer th...

Hi, I have a Viceroy TDS1/1GB metric lathe. I am looking to renew the cross slide nuts to take out the play. They have 'metric' stamped on them, the thread is square in section as far as I can see and there are 4 threads to the centimeter. Is there anywhere in the UK where I can buy them at a sensib...

Has anyone tried using continuous belts, instead of linked belts, on this lathe? Would it be difficult to fit the upper belt if it was of the continuous type?