Leveling done, the following worked for me and I got some good exercise getting up and down off the floor so many times. An assistant to read the level would have been nice but she wasn't available!
Using a Starrett machinist's level on cross slide (with the two different orientations marked for repetition):
- Using outboard feet on head end - leveled front to back
- At tailstock end, leveled end to end using one foot
- Tailstock end, leveled front to back
- Three quick reruns through above to get it dead on.
- With machine at level on 4 feet, inboard feet on head end pulled down finger tight, then ~ half a turn and locked. Tuned to assure level.
- Rechecked levels front to back both ends - minor tweak on tailstock end to get it done.