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
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/?OFF-SET-tailstock-center-65965#post105972
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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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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 than the carriage clamp on the one that I have.
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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
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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.
On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 9:20 AM, vt_biketim <tchock59@...> wrote: Maybe you were remembering Mert's custom cast iron base with integral column mount. He said this was the first pattern he ever attempted and it all happened forty years ago when he lived near a small foundry. It did not have enough height to enclose anything underneath, IIRC.There was quite a bit of discussion at the time (maybe five or six years ago?) about the design of such a base and somebody modeled it and was going to get some made. Somebody else mentioned that the Lodge stovetop griddle was about the right size to use for this.
Tim
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?SMALL TURRET TOOL POST PLANS?
?LARGE TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
?MINI-LATHE CARRIAGE LOCK PLANS
?SMALL QC TOOL POST PLANS?
?QUICK CHANGE LATHE TURRET
?MINI LATHE COMPOUND PIVOT MODIFICATION
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
Tell Mert that he is missed, he was a great source of knowledge here.
?Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Mert Baker <mert616baker@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, Oct 12, 2021 10:33 am
Subject: Re: [Unimat] Building an Encloser Box
Hi--
Mert's daughter here. Dad's doing fine in his new apartment, but he's no longer online and not doing anything with his unimat.
Dad was living in Barre MA, when he got that base made, and the foundry is still in operation.
Hoping that helps!
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Re: Mark 1 & Mark 2 details
Zitat von "John Hutnick" <johnhutnick@...>:
> Attached is a photo of a short bed(12 1/4") iron Unimat.? I have installed a Holland 70w motor with a new line switch and cord.? The details mostly match what I have read for a Mark 1.? However the carriage has straight in horizontal rear locking screw, which is provided for with a boss in the casting.? Lathes.co.uk indicates that the Mark 1 did not have a lock on the carriage.? The clamping method is different than what is shown for a Mark 2.
>
> Can anyone elaborate and provide more information?
Tailstock looks like Mark 2, on my Mark1 is no locking screw
http://www.lathes.co.uk/unimat/page4.html
Lui
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Attached is a photo of a short bed(12 1/4") iron Unimat.? I have installed a Holland 70w motor with a new line switch and cord.? The details mostly match what I have read for a Mark 1.? However the carriage has straight in horizontal rear locking screw, which is provided for with a boss in the casting.? Lathes.co.uk indicates that the Mark 1 did not have a lock on the carriage.? The clamping method is different than what is shown for a Mark 2.
Can anyone elaborate and provide more information?
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
Please tell Mert how much this group has appreciated his wit, ingenuity and participation over the years.
-Guy-?
On October 12, 2021 at 10:33 AM Mert Baker <mert616baker@...> wrote:
Hi--
Mert's daughter here. Dad's doing fine in his new apartment, but he's no longer online and not doing anything with his unimat.
Dad was living in Barre MA, when he got that base made, and the foundry is still in operation.
Hoping that helps!
?
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
Is Mert done with online stuff, or just not back online yet??
Thanks.
Russ
Hi-- Mert's daughter here. Dad's doing fine in his new apartment, but he's no longer online and not doing anything with his unimat.
Dad was living in Barre MA, when he got that base made, and the foundry is still in operation.
Hoping that helps!
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
Hi-- Mert's daughter here. Dad's doing fine in his new apartment, but he's no longer online and not doing anything with his unimat.
Dad was living in Barre MA, when he got that base made, and the foundry is still in operation.
Hoping that helps!
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
The CAD design I referred to is by Roman and is in the Files under "cast iron base".
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
Maybe you were remembering Mert's custom cast iron base with integral column mount. He said this was the first pattern he ever attempted and it all happened forty years ago when he lived near a small foundry. It did not have enough height to enclose anything underneath, IIRC.There was quite a bit of discussion at the time (maybe five or six years ago?) about the design of such a base and somebody modeled it and was going to get some made. Somebody else mentioned that the Lodge stovetop griddle was about the right size to use for this.
Tim
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
I did just that for my "big lathe" and it has worked well.
Getting the bottom drawer higher than the bed of the lathe helped
a lot.
On 10/10/21 9:24 AM, OldToolmaker via
groups.io wrote:
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I may build a 8¡±-12¡±riser on my work table behind my DB-200. On it
I could place my 18¡± wide oak felt lined Gerstner tool chest that
holds all my Unimat accessories. The riser could house the
electrical wires and electronics and have a control panel on the
front (forward, reverse, speed control etc.
I think this could look nice and tidy if well done and easy to
access everything.
Dick
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Re: Building an Encloser Box
Hi
Gang:
Similar
to a Sewing Cabinet:
Open:
And
closed:
Carl.
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OldToolmaker
Jim Korman
Bill in OKC too
James Batchelor
Carl