Lathe Cross Feed Screw and Nut

[Frank S]

Love your repair, excellent workmanship as you always do. making a tool to make a tool using other homemade tools to hold that tool while making it then making the part to repair the lathe is classic.
years ago I had an old lathe with a worn cross feed nut not time to make new at the time so sawed a slot in the nut most of the way through drilled the body from the end then taped the bore and counter drilled out the threads of one half used a 10-24 socket head screw to slightly deform the nut. A dirty but quick fix that tightened the nut for years