Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
I'm not worried about leadscrew wear. Given my age and the amount of threading I do, any wear problems with the lathe aren't worth my concern.

However, keeping swarf out of the screw is desirable. Here's my approach to doing that...

A sawed-off toothbrush head held to the carriage with a magnet will keep the lead screw free of swarf.

That's a neat trick for the same problem. You do use the auto feed on your lathe I assume? Therefore swarf would be wearing your half nuts & leadscrew. I'm 84 next month if I make it but @ least I don't need to clean the dam screw again!! Haha cheers mklotz