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Re: Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI enjoyed watching that video.? I¡¯ve watched others of his before.? Always fun. ? Mr. Pete mentioned that he attached a foot switch to the Unimat.? I agree with him that reaching over the lathe for the switch is not a great idea, so I had also tried using a foot switch.? I use one on my air compressor and it¡¯s super.? ? I found that sometimes I¡¯d inadvertently tap the foot switch and turn on the lathe.? Fortunately it never happened when my hands were in the wrong place.? ?This happened often enough that I replaced the foot switch with a household paddle, or rocker switch that¡¯s mounted off to the side.? Works great and now I can safely tap my feet to the music. ? Scott ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Kit Maira
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 6:21 PM To: Kit Maira <kit.maira@...>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Unimat] Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube ? Not sure why that comes up. It¡¯s called ¡°Making tiny screws on a Unimat lathe #942 tubalcain¡± |
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Re: Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube
That making screw videos was helpful... I do want to make my 1/12th miniature Jorgensen screws for wood working - just because.? I liked the stationary position of the die and moving the headstock to thread.? That was definitely worth the time; it is likely I would not have figured that out until after I made 100 screws or so, on my own.? I bought drill rod and left hand and right hand dies...?
Of all things that I have made on a lathe at this point in the journey, screw threads were on the top of the cool things to make and you do it essentially by hand... but it is so fun, I will attempt to make 4 tiny screws later this month.?? Must buy some brass hex stock; I just got a McMaster Carr order this past Monday. I think I've watched the Mr. Pete YouTube videos on the subject matter.? I cannot for any reason understand why he wants a 3d print for a tailstock raiser, when he owns a bridgeport mill??? Tamra |
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Re: Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube
Me thinks a bridgeport mill to make a milling table for a unimat isn't in my future... but I enjoyed watching it last night.? I have attended a few local options, and it isn't a price issue as much as an issue of how to move it.? I'll stick with bench top tools.? It is likely that a Bridgeport mill weighs more then me, so if it isn't on locking wheels, it isn't coming home to live with me.? I should move to Dallas, the Makerspace has one that you have to get certified to use but you would have access.
I am glad mine came with the unimat.?? I bought the Bedside Readers many years ago, and I am pretty sure, I have all three copies in print.? I had to wait for the price to bottom as they got really expensive when Practical Machinist puts it on the Christmas list.? Most print materials will come down in price, but it requires patience, absent of?a bottomless bank account. Tamra |
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Re: Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube
Just sprained my wrist again buying the 1st copy of "Hey Tim, I Gotta Tell Ya" I've seen in several years. Even in the stories he writes, he puts shop hints and tips...? I am not an addict! I can quit any time!? Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY! Physics doesn't care about your schedule. The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 09:06:26 AM CDT, Bill in OKC too via groups.io <wmrmeyers@...> wrote:
It may not help as much as you'd like, but certainly can't? hurt! I have(had) pdf copies of all three of Lautard's Bedside readers. Lost the 3rd reader pdf somehow, but a year or so ago the revised (1st) Bedside Reader was published, and I bought a copy. Almost sprained my wrist getting the card out to order it! :) His site updated to mention it, and that he's updating the 2nd & 3rd Readers. I'll be repeating that as each comes out.? I missed a use set of 3 on eBay a few weeks ago. Hope that's the ones you got.? When I took my machine shop class, I learned? (once again) that reading helps but practice is a major necessity.? Lautard's books will give you a lot of incentives to get that practice! So many neat ideas, and tips to help do things faster, easier, and better! Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY! Physics doesn't care about your schedule. The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 08:03:10 AM CDT, Tamra <tamrabrogdon@...> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 07:23 AM, Bill in OKC too wrote: https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/the-greats-of-model-engineering-tubal-cain.19675/Thanks guys for the new found clarity on the subject.? I do have some of the Home Shop Machinist Magazines - shipping UK books and magazines are rather expensive, so I've refrain from the expensive shipping experience.? I will likely buy Tubal Cain's book on ornamental turning; that is an OTI lathe in the photo of the link that Bill in OKC embedded.?? I also bought the Bedside Machinists books by Guy Lautard... I need to get to my reading?! Tamra |
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Re: Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube
It may not help as much as you'd like, but certainly can't? hurt! I have(had) pdf copies of all three of Lautard's Bedside readers. Lost the 3rd reader pdf somehow, but a year or so ago the revised (1st) Bedside Reader was published, and I bought a copy. Almost sprained my wrist getting the card out to order it! :) His site updated to mention it, and that he's updating the 2nd & 3rd Readers. I'll be repeating that as each comes out.? I missed a use set of 3 on eBay a few weeks ago. Hope that's the ones you got.? When I took my machine shop class, I learned? (once again) that reading helps but practice is a major necessity.? Lautard's books will give you a lot of incentives to get that practice! So many neat ideas, and tips to help do things faster, easier, and better! Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY! Physics doesn't care about your schedule. The only reason I know anything is because I've done it wrong enough times to START to know better. Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 08:03:10 AM CDT, Tamra <tamrabrogdon@...> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 07:23 AM, Bill in OKC too wrote: https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/the-greats-of-model-engineering-tubal-cain.19675/Thanks guys for the new found clarity on the subject.? I do have some of the Home Shop Machinist Magazines - shipping UK books and magazines are rather expensive, so I've refrain from the expensive shipping experience.? I will likely buy Tubal Cain's book on ornamental turning; that is an OTI lathe in the photo of the link that Bill in OKC embedded.?? I also bought the Bedside Machinists books by Guy Lautard... I need to get to my reading?! Tamra |
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Re: Mr. Pete just started a series on the Unimat SL/DB on YouTube
On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 07:23 AM, Bill in OKC too wrote:
https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/the-greats-of-model-engineering-tubal-cain.19675/Thanks guys for the new found clarity on the subject.? I do have some of the Home Shop Machinist Magazines - shipping UK books and magazines are rather expensive, so I've refrain from the expensive shipping experience.? I will likely buy Tubal Cain's book on ornamental turning; that is an OTI lathe in the photo of the link that Bill in OKC embedded.?? I also bought the Bedside Machinists books by Guy Lautard... I need to get to my reading?! Tamra |
Tamra
Dave W
Kit Maira
Bill in OKC too