If there were one thing I could change...

kb58

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It would be to make the travel per turn of the slide, cross slide, and tail stock match. As it is, it's 0.125, 0.200, and 0.250, or is it 0.250, 0.125, and 0.200? It means checking every time to make real sure it's dial that I think it is. I wonder how it ended up being this way.

Granted, if I had a DRO then it wouldn't matter... and the lathe is a delight to use, other than that.
 
Its that way for a reason, you will probably get used to it.
 
You have plenty invested in that lathe, I recommend you leverage your investment with a DRO soon. Tomorrow, while you are still quarantined and nobody drops in unannounced.
 
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