MAN!!! I need ta' restock the lathe room, LOL

BBM,
As long as you know to keep an eye on the wear that if it gets greater over the time you have it and keep aware of it as I have found in and out of machine shops over the years thats something that really hinders work at times specially with aging machines!

But, it is a tedious PITA to do as your right, you have to take the whole machine apart, and depending the shop to do the work to the bed-way, they might have you bring in the cross slide to the tool post table too for machining that as well to fit whatever they do to the bed-way as well as the tailstock mount. So, I can see your wanting not to go that route....