Brian,
Have you built one of the Hemingway kits?? I guess it can all be machined on a Myford and within the home workshop.? If so this maybe a nice route.? I notice they are saying you can use it for filing also, but wont you need to use special files in the device.
This looks like another project to make a project...
Steve
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Cheers everyone,
I wont bother with the unimat attachment.? and shall pop into Machine Mart see what they have.... it seems to be my favourite shop at the moment......
Steve
---In UNIMAT@..., <briangates@...> wrote :
Hi Steve.
Axminster and Scheppach (Machine Mart) both sell scroll saws at that price that have variable speed and holders for pinless blades (my cheaper scroll saw is way too fast for metal cutting and I couldn¡¯t find decent pin-end metal cutting
blades).? On the plus side, more powerful than the Unimat, greater capacity and a better duty cycle, but on the other hand a scroll saw won¡¯t hold its value like a Unimat accessory, which if you don¡¯t like it and sell it on might only cost you the commission
and postage, not ?150.
It might be worth considering that the scroll saw blade would rock slightly whilst the Unimat attachment moves vertically like a die filer.? Probably not that great a problem as you would have to clean up the cut edges anyway.? If you do
buy a scroll saw (when did we stop saying powered fretsaw), make a top for the table to lift the workpiece as cutting thin metal you will only wear out a small part of the blade, and by raising the table you can use the unworn part.
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If you also have access to a larger lathe, you could consider one of these perhaps??
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All the best
Brian Gates
Gillingham (Kent) UK
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From: Neil Morrison neilsmorr@... [UNIMAT]
Sent: 12 March 2019 00:37
To: UNIMAT@...
Subject: Re: [UNIMAT] Unimat SL - fret saw attachment
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These sell for collector prices. IMO you'd be better off buying a purpose made machine, new or used.
You could even, maybe, get a handheld saw and make a little stand up for it to hold it upside down.
You don't want to machine them with the milling attachment?
Neil
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