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The small hole on the tail stock next to the spindle locking arm is for white lead.? The lathe came with a small brass knob that has a point that extended down into the small reservoir.? This was used for applying a small amount of white lead on your dead center when you were turning a part between centers.? I have found a number of these lathes with white lead residue in the bottom of the? hole.? White lead is carcinogenic and very hazardous to ones health. As your lathe is a Lot 5 and we think the Lot 5 started around 1921 or 22.? With a serial number? that high I am going out on a limb and say your lathe was built in around 1926.? Each Dalton Lot number carries its own sequential serial number list so your lathe is the 5179th Lot 5 lathe built.? Look at your thread chart on the end door does it give the NY address or the Sound Beach address.? If its Sound beach your lathe for sure was built after 1925 as that was the year Dalton moved into the new plant.? As to your drive belt stay with the one on the lathe in the picture you will find that the leather belt is prone to far more slippage than your Urethane belt is. The problem with the center not ejecting from the tail stock is that its to short.? If you can drill and tap the end of the center (if its not hard as a rock) and add a small screw so the lead screw has something to push against.? I have a number of tail stock tools that I? have added something to aid in ejecting even on my Harding lathe.? A small amount of wear on the bed will? not really bother you .? Not until the wear is extensive will you notice any problems.? As the bed wears in front of the chuck the center height changes slightly.? This will affect the diameter of the part your turning.? Unless your turning a very small part (1/8 and under) you should? not notice any problem.??

To check to see just how much bed wear you have run the saddle all the way to the left or put the tool right up next to the chuck.? Now lift the saddle up and see how much it moves.? Now move the saddle all the way to the tail stock end and do the same thing.? If you have bed wear in front of the chuck you will have vertical play but at the tail stock end were there is no wear you should have little to no play at all.? The difference in clearance between the two test points is how much the bed is worn. Dalton has anti lift shoes under the saddle but be advised that these also wear over time so you may see some movement at the tail stock end also.? When your lathe was new and with the way the factory fit the lathe you would see almost no lift of the saddle at all.? I have two Daltons that for all intent are brand new with no wear and the clearance between the under side of the bed and the anti lift shoes are negligible. One being a Lot 5 like yours and also a Lot 6 lathe I have.