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Need help I'm by nomesns a machinist but I try my problem is I'm boring a pair of wheels for a 1/4 scale dragster the wheels are 5" x5" I'm boring the centers out and when I get to the bottom of the hole the tool likes to dig in to the corner it's an old atlas lathe circa 1930s I'm think I've removed all the slop in the lathe other then the spindle head bearings are a bit loose it has Babbitt. For bearings I thought of filing the bearing caps down abit but I don't know if that's the problem or not. I'm down to the final cut and have stopped till I get some pro input the boring tool is 3/8 round I'm in the hole 3.500 " inner dia 4" any help would be much appreciated before I jump blindly off the cliff thanks for listening