Table traverse has been finalized. Table will have a mounted rack, and the pinion will stick up through the knee (think of a surface grinder that uses a gear rack). The pinion will be mounted inside the knee on ball bearings inside aluminum pillow blocks. That shaft will have a worm screw reduction for table feeds.
The worm screw and its mating worm pinion will hopefully use an ACME thread form. I will hob the worm gear pinion in the lathe. The gear rack will be shaped in the lathe by broaching, and the straight cut pinion and rack will have 20 degree pressure angle for strength.
The O1 to make the worm, and worm hob out of, and 606 bearings will be ordered soon. In the meantime, I'll finish up some little things I've been procrastinating on.