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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
I have just emailed the following message to the OWNER email. Good day. It has been noted that new user's messages to the Unimat group are not being approved and we are seeking the original or
By Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject <groen004@...> · #56989 ·
Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Is it joe birky? ( birkyguy AT metacrawler.com )?
By Neil Morrison · #56988 ·
Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Group Email Addresses - Post: [email protected] - Subscribe: [email protected] - Unsubscribe: [email protected] - Group Owner: [email protected] - Help: [email protected]
By Neil Morrison · #56987 ·
Re: How to contact Group Owner?
It sound like this is a "new user moderated" situation where a first post needs to be approved to reduce illicit accounts and spam. I admin a couple other io groups and I have no idea what recourse
By Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject <groen004@...> · #56986 ·
Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Keith, Is the owner of this group Martin Pinckney? If so I may be able to come up with a couple of email contacts. I was intermittently in touch with him over the last few years but have had no
By OldToolmaker · #56985 ·
How to contact Group Owner?
I've had an email from Ian Adam, who was on the old Yahoo Group years ago, and has now got back in contact. He has successfully signed in, but if he tries to send a message it gets stopped for
By Keith S. Angus · #56984 ·
Re: Sewing Machine Motor w/foot pedal?
Chuck, Thanks for your feedback on the KB controller and I am happy to hear it all worked out well for you! Dick
By OldToolmaker · #56983 ·
Re: Sewing Machine Motor w/foot pedal?
The KB units haven't changed much over the years and are relatively bullet-proof.? Keep yours clean, dry, and well-fed - and it will serve you well for years.? Maybe decades. Don
By ddmckee54@... · #56982 ·
Re: Sewing Machine Motor w/foot pedal?
Update on the KB controller I bought from you.? Finally got the horsepower resistor and connected it to the compact 5.? ( has dc motor from cnc version of lathe) Motor top speed is better than with
By Charles Daldry · #56981 ·
Milling Using the Unimat
I use my Unimat almost exclusively for milling and do very little turning with it although I still have my DB200 with all attachments. I also have a Micro Mark 7¡±x 16¡± mini lathe as main machine
By OldToolmaker · #56980 ·
YouTube Unimat video
Alistair Riddoch (YouTube Adventures with a Very Small Lathe ( https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventureswithaVerySmallLathe/videos ) ) has started a Unimat restoration project. I've found his other videos
By Jim Korman · #56979 ·
Unimat DB200 assembly
Juan's share motivated me to upload a recent assembly video after cleaning Unimat #2. Still need to swap in a scooter motor on this one. Recent enclosure conversation has got me thinking of making a
By Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject <groen004@...> · #56978 ·
New video on Youtube, "Disassembling the Unimat DL mini lathe"
Posted today; 21 minutes long. Very well done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqRUEY4UNgw
By Juan Zuluaga · #56977 ·
Re: Building an Encloser Box
I posted some of Mert's photos years ago. He was having problems accessing the forum and sent the picture to me. I posted them in Photos as Mert's Mods. You can see his cast iron base, buried amongst
By Keith S. Angus · #56976 ·
Re: Building an Encloser Box
I talked to him mostly on the various 7x mini-lathe forums, since I don't actually own a Unimat, but please tell your dad we miss him, too! Bill in OKC
By Bill in OKC too · #56975 ·
Re: Building an Encloser Box
Hi, I, for one, miss his wry pearls of wisdom. I am glad that he has settled in well, he diserves a slower pace now. May I echo the previous comments and wish him well. Stay safe, James Sent from my
By James Batchelor · #56974 ·
Re: Mark 1 & Mark 2 details
I went to lathes.co.uk and viewed the 1954 catalog.? The tailstock in the catalog photos looks the same as the one that I have. The catalog also shows a clamping screw on the carriage, but different
By John Hutnick · #56973 ·
Re: Building an Encloser Box
Happy to hear Mert is doing well. He was such a wealth of great advice. Best wishes to him. Dick
By OldToolmaker · #56972 ·
Re: Building an Encloser Box
I think you are correct. I do believe it was Mert and in the photos I have, it appears to be well done. The vertical milling column appears to provide added support.Dick
By OldToolmaker · #56971 ·
Re: Building an Encloser Box
Tell Mert that he is missed, he was a great source of knowledge here.?Jeff
By Jkle379184 · #56970 ·