Hello everyone. I recently purchased another used lathe, a “Tida” TD 1236 E, clone to an Enco or Rutland. I got a super deal, but noticed that the 3 jaw chuck had excessive runnout. I removed the 3 jaw, cleaned it, re-installed it and had more run out. I then purchased a collet chuck but had the same problem. I checked the spindle which was less than a half a thousand, and found that I could improve the run out considerably by the way I would tight the 3 key holes. The run out started at about .020 and could be brought down to about 002. It makes me think that the “nose” section of the spindle mount must be worn out. Has anyone else had this problem and come up with a solution? Obviously the cost of removing the spindle to have reground or replaced is out of the question because of cost. Thanks in advance, Jim