Mine is a lathe. The problem with the minilathe bed is that it is not of even thickness. I will address this when I strip the machine down to fit the ballscrews (just maling the bearing blocks).
I did lap the cross slide, and it make a huge difference on these chinese kit set tools.
I haven't been able to source a small supply of way oil here, so I just use Mobil 1. Although the machine is on the balcony there has been no rust at all in two years.
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Mark
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