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    LUCKY ESCAPE FOR MY LATHE

    Apr 11, 2022 3 minutes

    LETTER OF THE MONTH

    In the February/March 2016 issue [No. 65] you published an article by Jude Woodside about installing a Hafco 320G lathe in his workshop.

    He mentioned flushing the headstock to clear the manufacturing crude out.

    Well, I can go one better. I bought mine in 2020. In 2022, I pulled mine down to fix the headstock leaks (loose fixing screws for the gear-shaft seals).

    Imagine my surprise to find not only two teaspoons of crude in the headstock but also a spare 30mm cap screw rolling around in the bottom of the

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