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After getting the price from Clausing last week for the cross-slide screw and nut (upwards of $550 usd ) I am going to take a shot at making a new nut for it. the original nut is brass so I'm going to guess the screw is still useable. So, my question is does anyone know the diameter and the pitch size of the nut and screw? I have a set of ACME thread gages, but it seems like I tried to measure once before and must be a special Clausing pitch. I am hoping to buy an Acme left hand tap so I can make my own. I have had pretty good success doing this on my other lathe. So far, the ACME taps have been reasonably priced as long as I stay from the name brands that MSC and McMaster Carr sell and make a good clean and tight thread.