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I've never personally seen wear like that - I have *heard* it is possible, but oh my gosh! You can't hold to good tolerances with that much wear - so your idea of a PM lathe seems like a good approach.
Because I live in an oil town, we have several very large grinders that can grind the ways back to tolerance, but such a job is in the $1000 range, even here. Then you have an old lathe with old bearings, cross slide wear, etc. A machine that badly abused (by not oiling the ways) isn't worth the cost of making it 'right'. Selling it for a start on a better lathe sounds about right.
Because I live in an oil town, we have several very large grinders that can grind the ways back to tolerance, but such a job is in the $1000 range, even here. Then you have an old lathe with old bearings, cross slide wear, etc. A machine that badly abused (by not oiling the ways) isn't worth the cost of making it 'right'. Selling it for a start on a better lathe sounds about right.