Wally

There are two excellant books out there that will give you good info on how to set up and level a lathe correctly. And thats just scratching the surface, they cover all the basics for operating and maintaining a lathe. One is by South Bend,"How to Run a Lathe", and the other was written by Atlas lathe,"Manual of Lathe Operation and Machinist Tables"

There is a circular level for machines, bubble is in the middle when both axes are level. It's normally placed on the cross slide ( not the tool post ) and the lathe leveled up in both directions. Same drill for milling machine tables.

Tom

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Originally posted by Craftsman:
WallyW

There are two excellant books out there that will give you good info on how to set up and level a lathe correctly. And thats just scratching the surface, they cover all the basics for operating and maintaining a lathe. One is by South Bend,"How to Run a Lathe", and the other was written by Atlas lathe,"Manual of Lathe Operation and Machinist Tables"

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Have both those books. Guess I'm just impatient. 4 levelers under headstock and another 4 under tailstock.

I'm using a 0005 in 10" level. Should leveling be done front to back, first, or end to end. Level inside jacks first or outside?

Wally