I'm starting my planning to convert my lathe to CNC today. I'm starting by dissembling it but I'm running into problems.
I'm trying to take the z leadscrew off but I can't.

What is this little thing? It is not screwed in from the back but the parter here is tapped? Should I just drill it out? Or just use a screw extractor?
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