Evening, thanks for the reply. I’ve just got back in and got no further with it.
Even though the lathe is fairly new to me and I’ve been doing a lot of prep work rather than actually using it, I’m confident I have traversed past these points myself. I’ve not had a job until tonight when I immediately stopped using it. I admit, I gave it a little tight turn initially but nothing excessive and then stopped.
The only thing I have done is had a fair bit of weight on the saddle with the pinion cutter mounted and it’s been sat on there for the last week whilst on holiday!! However, shouldn’t that have all be taken up by the saddle on the bed and no pressure on the lead screw and nut.
If it was damage, would this be to the nut thread or lead screw thread? Like I say, it also jams up on both sides of the good smooth run! If it was damage, it would be coincidental that it was damage at these two points. O/d is consistent across the leadscrew.
Any advice on what I should do from here. I’m a bit stuck what to do next!