Dennis, thank you for clarifying. I see the difference between the scraped surface on the cross slide in your pic and the flaking on my lathe. Is it normal for someone to flake the backside of the lathe bed (and under the headstock) for oil retention? ?I assumed the marks were original since they were underneath all of the paint. Perhaps the backside of the lathe bed, on either side of the big t-slot, was not painted or japanned originally? I obviously have no idea. As someone who researches and collects 150-200 year old saws, I can appreciate the amount of time and work that goes into learning all you can about a tool that has little information remaining from when it was manufactured.?
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When I set my compound slide up like that the numbers are not visible. Is it possible the compound or pieces from it are from another Lot? I can think of no reason why the degree/ numbers would've been added to the wrong side of the base.
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Charlie Earnest?
Spring Green Saw Works
