saddle wear

Oh boy did I screw myself this time... First of all, thank you guys for reading and please excuse my writing because English is my second language. So a while ago I bought this old used Spanish lathe for 500€, and I've been restoring it. It was in poor condition (and still is), but it's usable...

Have a BT1337g it’s been a great lathe. Recently it’s been gaining an appreciable amount of taper to an astounding .150 thouthandths when I chuck a 5” 6061 1.5” round bar and dial it in to zero concentric. To add further clarification this isn’t a tailstock issue or a bed level issue. Bed is...