Sounds silly, but I've only just got this Super 7 with Q/C gearbox, and the gearbox manual is decidedly sketchy and not much help to someone unfamiliar with the gearbox. As received, my lathe was obviously last used set for ordinary (non-screwcutting) work. The leadscrew is quite free to be turned by a spanner on the Simmonds nut (no handwheel is fitted). But I can't see (or learn from the manual) how to set things so that the leadscrew is driven by the gearbox. I seem to have tried all combinations of lever settings, without success. What am I missing ?
Jim Hawkins