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Re: Unimat motor
I have converted my Unimat to 24 volt DC motors as have some others on this forum.
The beauty of this is that I now have variable speed and directional control as well as a very quiet motor. Direcinal control allows me to use power tapping on a production basis.
I will never go back to using a U90 motor again. For years we used to power tap holes using ?Bridgport vertical mill do to tapping.
Same principle here.
Dick
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Re: Edelstaal cutoff or slotting tool and Komet toolholder
开云体育I’m not sure I’m answering your question as I’m not familiar with Komet.? However, I have 2 Edelstaal cutoff tools as illustrated in the catalog.? The holder is 5/16” but the blade is positioned so that the tip is exactly at the center height of ?”.? Two photos of the tool in action are attached. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Herman de Leeuw via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2024 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Unimat] Edelstaal cutoff or slotting tool and Komet toolholder ? Does anyone have some input on the erstwhile Edelstaal "cutting tool/slotting tool"? I found it in the Campbell Tools Co catalog for March 1983, entitled "Lathe accessories & Attachments" which is also in the files section (here), also see screen shot below. ? I would think that I have something similar, not complete - just a number of cutoff "knives" and a tool holder, this one coming from Komet. ? The knives measure circa 108 x 9,5 x 2,7mm, with the profile not square but set at an 80 degrees angle along the long side. The Komet tool holder has the same angle, so that the knife can be securely held in the toolholder. ? But there is nothing to mount this tool holder on the cross slide. How was this done - knowing that the knife set in the tool holder is not at the same height as the center. So I guess some additional mounting device would be needed.? Does anyone have experience with these tool holders?? ? ? ? |
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Re: Emco-Lux adjustable tool post/adjustable lantern post
开云体育This tool post is listed in the 1980 Machinex 5 accessory catalog
as an adjustable tool post for the compound rest.? My Machinex 5
lathe has one factory installed on the compound slide.?? The
Machinex 5 was an American made lathe sold by American Edelstaal
after they lost the contract to sell Unimat lathes.?? Charles Daldry On 11/7/24 09:27, Herman de Leeuw via
groups.io wrote:
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Re: Edelstaal cutoff or slotting tool and Komet toolholder
开云体育I have a picture of that tool holder and blade in my 1980 Machinex 5 accessory catalog.? It is part of the Machinex 5 tool system designed by American Edelstaal for the Machinex 5 lathe.? My lathe came with the complete tool set including left and right tool holders, boring bar, inserts and wrenches.? It was made to fit the adjustable tool post on the compound rest of the Machinex 5 lathe. Charles Daldry On 11/7/24 09:12, Herman de Leeuw via
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Re: Emco-Lux adjustable tool post/adjustable lantern post
It looks very similar to the "Lantern" or "American" style tool posts that were installed on probably millions of lathes in the USA in the past century. They work very well for most people, and are more versatile than a tool block or QCTP for some operations. There are quite a few things the tool block or QCTP are better for if you're doing production work. IMHO, any well equipped shop should have both.? The proper Lantern style has a dished washer and rocker to fit it that allows adjusting the angle of the cutting edge to the work. That's both advantage and disadvantage. You don't have to grind tools to specific angles for different materials, but it's also very difficult, or more accurately impossible, to get a repeatable angle. If you're working near the limits of the lathes material size it's of great benefit sometimes, but it can also greatly reduce rigidity.? All my lathes have, or will have both by the time I'm done. My Atlas TH42 came with a lantern tool post missing the rocker. I filed one out of 7/16" (11mm) keystock. It's not perfect, but works. New or NOS rockers for that lathe are currently about $25-$30 plus shipping on ebay.com. A piece of keystock in that size is half that or less. For a Unimat sized lantern tool post 6-10mm keystone should be less costly in money... YMMV! HTH! 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 Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 10:27:32 AM CST, Herman de Leeuw via groups.io <herman.deleeuw@...> wrote:
Does anyone have experience with the "Emco-Lux Adjustable Toolpost" that was advertised in the Campbell Tools Co catalog for March 1983, entitled "Lathe Accessories and Attachments" (see here and screen shot below)??
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Last September, one of these was for sale on Ebay and Mr. Pete has one video () explaining how he went about adapting an incomplete such tool post. Apparently, this "Emco-Lux" toolpost has never been very common - I never saw one thus far, and references are isolated - like .
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Re: Emco-Lux adjustable tool post/adjustable lantern post
开云体育I have a similar toolpost on my Bosch lathe. It works perfectly.
Am 07.11.2024 um 17:27 schrieb Herman
de Leeuw via groups.io:
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Emco-Lux adjustable tool post/adjustable lantern post
Does anyone have experience with the "Emco-Lux Adjustable Toolpost" that was advertised in the Campbell Tools Co catalog for March 1983, entitled "Lathe Accessories and Attachments" (see here and screen shot below)??
?
Last September, one of these was for sale on Ebay and Mr. Pete has one video () explaining how he went about adapting an incomplete such tool post. Apparently, this "Emco-Lux" toolpost has never been very common - I never saw one thus far, and references are isolated - like .
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Edelstaal cutoff or slotting tool and Komet toolholder
Does anyone have some input on the erstwhile Edelstaal "cutting tool/slotting tool"? I found it in the Campbell Tools Co catalog for March 1983, entitled "Lathe accessories & Attachments" which is also in the files section (here), also see screen shot below.
?
I would think that I have something similar, not complete - just a number of cutoff "knives" and a tool holder, this one coming from Komet.
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The knives measure circa 108 x 9,5 x 2,7mm, with the profile not square but set at an 80 degrees angle along the long side.
The Komet tool holder has the same angle, so that the knife can be securely held in the toolholder.
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But there is nothing to mount this tool holder on the cross slide. How was this done - knowing that the knife set in the tool holder is not at the same height as the center.
So I guess some additional mounting device would be needed.? Does anyone have experience with these tool holders?? ?
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Re: Unimat motor
On AC motors just reversing the power wires will do nothing except potentially exposing you to an electric shock because you reversed the line and neutral wires (This is not necessarily an issue on cords with non polarized AC plugs).
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There are several types of motors used on Unimats, it would be nice to know exactly which type of motor you rebuilt.
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Generally...
The only way I know to reverse the rotation direction is to reverse the wires to the rotor armature winding (the brushes).
Did you disconnect and reattach any wires inside the motor?
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In the picture below the brushes would be located between the field windings (marked W1, W2, W3, W4) and the rotor armature (marked Rotor and Rotor1).
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OldToolmaker
Bill in OKC too
Bruno
Herman de Leeuw
