Guys I have begun cleaning up my WWII south bend 16. After removing the cross slide and compound I began working on the apron. Today I removed the cross feed screw/nut from the taper attachment and noticed something was different about the cross feed but. It was what looked to be a cast steel. My other wartime machine was earlier and had brass nuts and tags. This machine had sheet metal tags on the gear box and end of the lathe. The compound nut is brass. Do any of you know if this was common during this era to substitute a cast steel nut on the cross slide? Or was this common place on the larger swing lathes in general? Thanks
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