I'm a bit mystified ? In what way is it malfunctioning ? Does the leadscrew revolve when the lathe is running and the gears are engaged ? If you grab the leadscrew you should be able to turn it by hand and all the gears should turn. (obviously not with the tumbler drive engaged though). I think the...

just bought this viceroy lathe and im quite new to these older machines had a chester modern machine previous the problem i have is with the auto feed gear it seems something is missing or broken as it wont work ive posted pics( i hope ) to see if anyone can shed me some light on the fault . ive con...