Looks pretty good to me!
Bill in OKC?
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Aphorisms to live by: Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.? SEMPER GUMBY!
Expect in one hand, expectorate in the other. See which one gets full first.
On Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 08:30:02 AM CDT, David James via groups.io <davebjames@...> wrote:
My indexing attachment only had the 48 tooth gear which does not give me 5 divisions which I use for fly wheels, so I made a 30 tooth gear out of brass. Hopefully it will be do the job. My next project will be the steady rest.  
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My indexing attachment only had the 48 tooth gear which does not give me 5 divisions which I use for fly wheels, so I made a 30 tooth gear out of brass. Hopefully it will be do the job. My next project will be the steady rest.  
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Yes and I don't like it but it works go easy with your cuts
On Sat, 8 July 2023, 3:59 pm Peter Brooks, < peter@...> wrote: I have one! ?
I’m about to use the top slide (the adjustable one that can be used to cut tapers) on my U3 for the first time. The tool post has three fixing bolts, but due to their arrangement it looks as though only one bolt could be used to secure a normal straight cutter, compared to using two bolts of the standard tool post.
Is this correct? Am I missing something? I’m new to lathe work so probably have plenty of dumb questions left :-)
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I have one! ?
I’m about to use the top slide (the adjustable one that can be used to cut tapers) on my U3 for the first time. The tool post has three fixing bolts, but due to their arrangement it looks as though only one bolt could be used to secure a normal straight cutter, compared to using two bolts of the standard tool post.
Is this correct? Am I missing something? I’m new to lathe work so probably have plenty of dumb questions left :-)
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Unimat PC on Facebook Marketplace. $1150 USD
Not mine, I have no additional information. ?Thought it might interest someone here.?
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Hello Kevin,
Please keep us updated!
Dick
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Andre,
Thank you very much!
I will check into that!
Dick
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This guy makes custom brass plates for machine tools. Ask him if he has artwork for your Unimat, or send him a sample and he probably can make it for you.?
Much better than a burnt outline with a laser on an anodized aluminum plate
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SOUTH BEND 9A LATHE PLATE THREADING CHART TAG Brass TAG with Mounting Hardware at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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And here is another guy who does the same thing but not through eBay.
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On 7 Jul 2023, at 14:36, OldToolmaker via groups.io <old_toolmaker@...> wrote:
?Is there a source for replacement Red Unimat Badges? I could use a couple. Would there be someone who can manufacture these?
Dick
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<leg pull on> Sounds like a fraud to me </leg pull off>
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On 7 Jul 2023, at 14:36, OldToolmaker via groups.io <old_toolmaker@...> wrote:
?Is there a source for replacement Red Unimat Badges? I could use a couple. Would there be someone who can manufacture these?
Dick
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Kevin Groenke @ PersonMakeObject
I would think any decent engraving shop with a laser could make you one by lasering a piece ot red anodized aluminum sheet stock.
Hmmm, I have a laser. I'm a gonna get some of this and give it a try. Thanks for the idea Dick!?
On Fri, Jul 7, 2023, 8:36 AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker= [email protected]> wrote: Is there a source for replacement Red Unimat Badges? I could use a couple. Would there be someone who can manufacture these?
Dick
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That is the title of a classic book (Civil War Era) That is not what what I am looking for.
Dick
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The Red Badge of Courage (Puffin Classics) https://a.co/d/g8ttvvJ
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Is there a source for replacement Red Unimat Badges? I could use a couple. Would there be someone who can manufacture these?
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Is there a source for replacement Red Unimat Badges? I could use a couple. Would there be someone who can manufacture these?
Dick
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Re: tailstock end of Unimat alloy bed...
I will simply continue having fun with my little Unimat with Enjoyment of my chosen hobby being the main goal.
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Re: tailstock end of Unimat alloy bed...
Ironic that we are discussing improvements to a cast iron-based manual tool that predates transistor based computers, CAD, CAM, CNC, 3d printing, nanotubes and telescopes in solar orbit.
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On 6 Jul 2023, at 19:16, Tom Angell via groups.io <tangell@...> wrote:
? The original meaning of the word connoted just onwards in time or in space, for example “the illness progressed until he died”. ? Perhaps the more apt quote for our times might be “ The computerization of all things progressed until the creation of Artificial Intelligence”. On Jul 6, 2023, at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Kropp <jeffreykropp1@ example “the cancer progmail.com> wrote: Er
? ? ?Progress used to be considered a positive thing.? These days, I'm not so sure;? at best "progress" is now a mixed bag.....
Hello
All: I
thought this was insightful: A
reasonable person adapts to the world. An
unreasonable person expects the world to adapt to them. Therefor
all progress depends on unreasonable people. Carl.
On 7/6/2023 9:28 AM, OldToolmaker via
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Andrei,
If we all carried that same attitude there would be no such thing
as innovation and we would still be living in the Dark Ages.
History has shown us the value of continuing improvement in all
aspects of our lives.
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Re: tailstock end of Unimat alloy bed...
The original meaning of the word connoted just onwards in time or in space, for example “the illness progressed until he died”. ? Perhaps the more apt quote for our times might be “ The computerization of all things progressed until the creation of Artificial Intelligence”.
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On Jul 6, 2023, at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Kropp <jeffreykropp1@ example “the cancer progmail.com> wrote: Er
? ? ?Progress used to be considered a positive thing.? These days, I'm not so sure;? at best "progress" is now a mixed bag.....
Hello
All: I
thought this was insightful: A
reasonable person adapts to the world. An
unreasonable person expects the world to adapt to them. Therefor
all progress depends on unreasonable people. Carl.
On 7/6/2023 9:28 AM, OldToolmaker via
wrote:
Andrei,
If we all carried that same attitude there would be no such thing
as innovation and we would still be living in the Dark Ages.
History has shown us the value of continuing improvement in all
aspects of our lives.
Dick
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? ? ?Progress used to be considered a positive thing.? These days, I'm not so sure;? at best "progress" is now a mixed bag.....
Hello
All:
I
thought this was insightful:
A
reasonable person adapts to the world.
An
unreasonable person expects the world to adapt to them.
Therefor
all progress depends on unreasonable people.
Carl.
On 7/6/2023 9:28 AM, OldToolmaker via
wrote:
Andrei,
If we all carried that same attitude there would be no such thing
as innovation and we would still be living in the Dark Ages.
History has shown us the value of continuing improvement in all
aspects of our lives.
Dick
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Re: tailstock end of Unimat alloy bed...
That is a logical fallacy.?
The person who innovates adapts itself to the world and is not unreasonable. The one who does nothing and does not adapt at all will become extinct.?
How many Neanderthals are still around? None, because they did not adapt to the world.?
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Hello All:
I thought this was insightful:
A reasonable person adapts to the world.
An unreasonable person expects the world to adapt to them.
Therefor all progress depends on unreasonable people.
Carl.
On 7/6/2023 9:28 AM, OldToolmaker via groups.io wrote:
Andrei,
If we all carried that same attitude there would be no such thing as innovation and we would still be living in the Dark Ages. History has shown us the value of continuing improvement in all aspects of our lives.
Dick
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Bill in OKC too
David James
OldToolmaker
Tom Angell