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Shortly after I got my new 1640 lathe I developed a parting problem, could not figure out the problem, it was square to ways, on center, sharp etc. CXA toolpost worked and locked fine. Finally I noticed the scratches on compound that I did not remember being there when lathe was first set up. Upon further inspection I found a couple of small chips under toolpost keeping the toolpost from sitting tightly on compound, got rid of the chips stoned out the scratches got everything back together and voila parting happiness. I have a lot of lathe work under my belt, I was embarrassed that it took me so long to spot this, sometimes its easy to miss the obvious. Hopefully it will be something this simple for you to find.