Re: How to contact Group Owner?
I now have three contacts with the same problem. The third may have given a clue: he is trying to use this group via the old Yahoo group. I don't know if that group even exists any more or how much access it gives to Groups IO. I will look into this further with them. I think the simplest answer is for them to start again with this group and forget about Yahoo.
However, this does not explain why I got no reply when I emailed our Group Owner.
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
I didn't remember if this group was still a free group, or upgraded to Premium. Did a very quick search of messages, and It was upgraded, and Martin is one of the co-owners. Unless one or more of them turned off their group messages, or changed email address, all co-owners & possibly moderators should be getting the owners emails. And sooner or later, GIO is going to want to be paid again.
I think I'm going to do a Role Call of my groups, and make sure everyone is alive and responding. I was a member of several of James W. Early's MLXXXXXXX mini-lathe groups back in the Yahoo days when he passed away unexpectedly. There were no other owners, and no moderators with elevated privileges, Yahoo was not at all helpful, and the groups eventually died, too. We all lost a lot of good info, as well as a good friend and great resource.
I'd hate to see that happen here, though having had multiple medical problems with my wife and self in the past 13 years that I've been active on Yahoo and Groups.io, I can certainly understand how such things can happen.?
Bill in OKC
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
I'm not an owner or moderator of this group, but am designated to be able to post anytime. Got a "P" icon next to my name in the list of members. I don't have any access to any of the admin functions. I'm pretty much constantly logged into GIO since I co-own or moderate several other groups. I'd be willing to moderate if you folks can find one of the owners or moderators able to set those privileges, as I'm in and out of GIO constantly looking at my own groups. I'm a co-owner on Metal-Shapers-and-Planers, Mini-Lathes, Mini-Mills, 4x6bandsaw, Miniature-Machine-Tools, and 3D-Printing-for-Metal-Hobbyists, and moderate on atlas-craftsman, multimachine, and southbendmanual groups.?
I do not have a Unimat of any sort, despite wanting one and looking for one for a long time, so I don't post much here, and if I found one now, I'd have a hard time finding space for it, despite how small they are! Though I'd try! ;) I do currently have 4 other lathes, and 3 milling machines, if you count the 3-in-1 machine as one of each. If anyone has a Unimat that they'd want to trade for an HF 7x10 mini-lathe, fairly well equipped, I could be talked into it, probably. :)
Bill in OKC
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject
Martin Pickney does appear to be a co-owner from messages in the archive /g/Unimat/message/33The other (original) owner seems to be named Marcus the the screen name Emgee Radian? I hope we can get this sorted...
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject
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 alternate owners. You may have been designated an owner of the group without your knowledge.? Please check out the group for more info and feel free to email?me back if I can help in any way.
I looked into the group owner forum and there is no clear process to establish a new owner if a group gets "orphaned". Groups can have multiple owners established so hopefully somebody was set up as an alternate owner and either didn't know or forgot about.
I suggest that everybody?who can log into the group via browser and see if they have admin access and maybe we can find an alternate owner of the original owner is indeed inactive.
Best Regards, Kevin from PersonMakeObject
??????? On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 8:43 PM Neil Morrison < neilsmorr@...> wrote:
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 approval by the admin, but that never happens. This has been going on for months. I relayed a message to the Group Owner, but that has not generated a reply to either of us, or any other action.
Who is the group owner, and how do we contact him/her? How many other would-be members of this group are in the same situation?
Of course it is possible, in light of recent events, that the Owner is no longer around - so then what happens?
If anyone else is similarly stuck please contact me direct. I'm not in a very good position to deal with this, but I'll try.
Does anyone know who the group owner is and how to make contact other than through the Group links?
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Is it??joe birky? ( birkyguy AT metacrawler.com )?
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
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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 approval by the admin, but that never happens. This has been going on for months. I relayed a message to the Group Owner, but that has not generated a reply to either of us, or any other action.
Who is the group owner, and how do we contact him/her? How many other would-be members of this group are in the same situation?
Of course it is possible, in light of recent events, that the Owner is no longer around - so then what happens?
If anyone else is similarly stuck please contact me direct. I'm not in a very good position to deal with this, but I'll try.
Does anyone know who the group owner is and how to make contact other than through the Group links?
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Re: How to contact Group Owner?
Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject
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 there is if owner is no longer active. Owner can assign alternates, but if that wasn't done...
I'll investigate and report back if I find anything.? Kevin Groenke
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 7:57 PM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker= [email protected]> wrote: 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 contact in the last several months.
Dick
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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 contact in the last several months.
Dick
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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 approval by the admin, but that never happens. This has been going on for months. I relayed a message to the Group Owner, but that has not generated a reply to either of us, or any other action.
Who is the group owner, and how do we contact him/her? How many other would-be members of this group are in the same situation?
Of course it is possible, in light of recent events, that the Owner is no longer around - so then what happens?
If anyone else is similarly stuck please contact me direct. I'm not in a very good position to deal with this, but I'll try.
Does anyone know who the group owner is and how to make contact other than through the Group links?
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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
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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
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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 cheap made in China controller and low speed torque is improved.? Controller works well on Machinex lathe with no adjustments needed.? I am very happy with my purchase.? Thanks again, Dick.
Chuck Daldry
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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 tool and use my Unimat as an accessory for the minilathe to make it an all around versatile machine tool. That is why I have begun the project to replace the original U90 motor with a 150 watt scooter motor with electronic speed control. With this array of equipment I can take on any project within the size range of my equipment.
Dick
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Alistair Riddoch (YouTube ) has started a Unimat restoration project. I've found his other videos both entertaining and informative so it will be interesting to see where he goes with this project.
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Jim Korman
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Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject
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 lathe/mill combo...?
k. groenke
PersonMakeObject.com
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New video on Youtube, "Disassembling the Unimat DL mini lathe"
Posted today; 21 minutes long. Very well done.
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:36 AM, OldToolmaker wrote:
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.
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 some typical workshop clutter along with other mods he was discussing at the time. Glad to hear he's doing OK. I always liked his straightforward approach to solving problems, and his occasional response when people needed some sort of tooling - "You've got a lathe, so make it"
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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?
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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 Sony Xperia on the hoof
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2021, 01:59 OldToolmaker via , <old_toolmaker= [email protected]> wrote: Happy to hear Mert is doing well. He was such a wealth of great advice.
Best wishes to him.
Dick
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James Batchelor?
Dunfermline, Fife, UK.?
07805 207238
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Bill in OKC too
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