Hi Johnny, I don't know exactly what the problem is for you, I'm not familiar enough with the Taig, having only seen it in ads, however, when I just had a lathe, I bought a cross slide casting from Metal Lathe Accesories, one with T-slots so I could mill with the lathe. Two versions were offered, one with a bulge so a compound could be easily mounted, the other being straight, with T-slots all the way from front to rear as a specific milling slide. I bought the casting for the compound, did all the machining on the Logan lathe it was going on, a ten incher, with great instructions from Andy Loftquist, the owner of the company, and ample pictures showing all the machine work done on a nine inch South Bend. I did it specifically so I could use an atlas top slide because I happen to like their design, and got one cheap off e-bay. That is the cross slide I use to this day fifteen years later, and I still am very happy with the ten inch atlas top slide, as well as having a full length cross slide that will perform milling, or the slots and screw holes can be used to hold something down for boring for a very accurate bore. I had to make several parts in order to convert, but the end result was a better performing lathe that would also function as a mill. I also ended up buying the casting for the full width cross slide with T-slots end to end, and occasionally use it for milling, but not so often now that I have a bridgeport clone. I highly recomend the atlas top slide, it is the same as yours on the 109, but a bit larger, since Sears lathes are actually atlas. I hope this helps just a bit.
mad jack
