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Andy, this is a worthwhile book to get if you has spare money:? https://www.amazon.com/Machinists-Engineering-Apprentices-Metalworkers-Illustrations/dp/1497100577 It's also #18 in the Workshop

Is anyone out there using a rotary table with their Uni's? if so what works?

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I think they are pretty standard bearings...? the words 'magneto bearings' ring a bell.? Not sure of the exact spec (anyone?) but I think there are plenty of available sources depending where in the

Second post from me in two days... This one relates to my next jobs on that cleaned up aluminium offcut but is also quite pertinent to the 'learning the basics' question. My Uni spends a lot of time

Hi Gang: I don't see adding a tapped hole in anything as "Damage". I tapped holes in my table saw top to mount my Unimat to something stable to use it. I also tapped holes in my Unimat cross slide to

https://unimat.homestead.com/index.html Is where I got mine. If you're in the the UK or EU, I'm sure there are better places over there, but the Unimat Homestead is a great resource here in the USA.?

Does anyone know of a place to purchase the headstock bearings?

Nice!? If one didn't want to damage their original column, they could just as easily make a steel or aluminum base for the indicator that clamps on the top of the column.? I may have to do that.

It may have been holding the center, or the center may have been protruding from the through hole in the chuck. And some folks do hold stock in the chuck, with a center in the tailstock. It's not best

Taps and dies would also be "other attachments." :) Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad

Although lantern tool posts are called 'American style', the Unimat lantern is a copy of a Schaublin lantern toolpost. If you look carefully you'll notice the threaded interposer that allows for a

Hi Nate: You can clamp a dead center in the chuck and use the jaws to drive the dog. Even better, dress the dead center true after clamping it. Carl.

not recommended to purchase anything at this point. It's information that ultimately win wars. there is enough of it to drown in a 100 times over on these sites. besides it's only the likes of

Brad, Just to clarify, 3-jaw self-centering lathe chucks (the most common type) will get your work-piece within a few thousandths of an inch of center IF the chuck is well made, and is in good

I have been watching Quinn in Blondihacks, I think she does a great job of explaining everything. I'm sure I'll have plenty of more questions and think best if I start a new post when I do. Folks here

I didn't go looking for a lathe, my son saw it at a neighbors garage sale. He know I work on old brass locomotives, simple stuff of rebuilding them, not building the from scratch. The idea of being

hats off to a great post!!! obviously as indicated through the volume of responses. Hopefully Rudy Kouhoupt has already been mentioned, He was a great author and teacher, one of the first through the

Hi gang, Inspired by the discussion on here a little while back I finally got around to having another go at mounting an indicator on my milling column. My column is home made so I had no qualms about

Since we are talking about the basics, and just to clarify, threads CAN be cut on a Unimat using conventional taps and dies.? The type of threading that requires the thread chaser option is "single