We have a new LT200MY and are seeing huge amounts of thermal growth in the ZB axis. In a no load condition we have recorded up to .0065” in just over 2 hours. We have located one other shop with this same problem that saw almost 2 times this amount of growth and was wondering how many others...
If you have not found the information on the Miri Seiki manual lathe yet , try this site.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/
They are into all kinds of old machines and somone there will surly be able to direct you. This site might be for domestic machines only so read the posting rules...