Re: Supplier for ball on feed handle
Time to go to the files section and search ball turning attachment.
I made one for my bigger lathe and it does a great job.
Brass balls look like gold when polished.
Or you could turn up some black Delrin (Acetal Plastic)
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Re: Supplier for ball on feed handle
Try McMaster-Carr. They carry these knobs in black as well as red.
Dick
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Re: Supplier for ball on feed handle
Try Tom's Tool Store he has a website and many unimat bits and pieces we all need.? Alternative, take a craftstore wood ball of suitable size and drill for a threaded insert with a matching inside thread.? If you cannot find a threaded insert, make one from brass drilled and tapped for the shaft andepozy that into the now painted wood ball.
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Supplier for ball on feed handle
Hi all,
Does anyone have a source/supplier for the black ball on the feed handle?? I have lost one.
Regards
Steven
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you can cut thin brass with the fret saw, the nice thing about the Uni fret saw is that it will take jewelers saw blades., which cut brass quite easily. that being said i would recommend making a blade guide, possibly spring loaded to tension some of the finer? blades,
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 12:17:20 PM PDT, Carl <carl.blum@...> wrote:
Hello
Gang:
I have
the Unimat circular table saw, and it is a much better saw
than my Harbor Freight stand alone. Mainly because you can
slow the blade down to a speed where it doesn't melt plastic.
I've tried to slow the HF saw down electrically, but it looses
too much torque to be useful. The same may be true for the
fret saw??
Carl.
On 4/28/2020 2:16 PM, Neil Morrison
wrote:
MOO: Sell it. They sell for collector prices.?
You can buy a good standalone saw for much less money and
you can get the parts for those.?
You could probably buy a small table saw as well and still
have money?left over.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:41
AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker= [email protected]>
wrote:
How
useful is the Unimat round cast iron fret saw? I have a new
unused in original package feet saw. This is the unit with no
blade guide. I am a little short on shop space and trying to
decide if this is something I should move on to a new home.
Would this saw be useful for cutting brass sheet for
locomotive building etc?
Dick
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
I know the one you mean, but I have not seen on eBay for a year or two.
Martin P.
Still free in FL
-----Original Message-----
From: William Macy <wmkmacy3@...>
I recall there was a machine shop in the UK which made a compound feed unit that mounted on the carriage for the Unimat SL/DB. Any one recall who that might have been.
Prisoner in NC, USA
William K. Macy
52 Lincolnshire Loop
Asheville, NC 28803
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Hello
Gang:
I have
the Unimat circular table saw, and it is a much better saw
than my Harbor Freight stand alone. Mainly because you can
slow the blade down to a speed where it doesn't melt plastic.
I've tried to slow the HF saw down electrically, but it looses
too much torque to be useful. The same may be true for the
fret saw??
Carl.
On 4/28/2020 2:16 PM, Neil Morrison
wrote:
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MOO: Sell it. They sell for collector prices.?
You can buy a good standalone saw for much less money and
you can get the parts for those.?
You could probably buy a small table saw as well and still
have money?left over.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:41
AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker= [email protected]>
wrote:
How
useful is the Unimat round cast iron fret saw? I have a new
unused in original package feet saw. This is the unit with no
blade guide. I am a little short on shop space and trying to
decide if this is something I should move on to a new home.
Would this saw be useful for cutting brass sheet for
locomotive building etc?
Dick
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MOO: Sell it. They sell for collector prices.?
You can buy a good standalone saw for much less money and you can get the parts for those.?
You could probably buy a small table saw as well and still have money?left over.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 7:41 AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker= [email protected]> wrote: How useful is the Unimat round cast iron fret saw? I have a new unused in original package feet saw. This is the unit with no blade guide. I am a little short on shop space and trying to decide if this is something I should move on to a new home. Would this saw be useful for cutting brass sheet for locomotive building etc?
Dick
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How useful is the Unimat round cast iron fret saw? I have a new unused in original package feet saw. This is the unit with no blade guide. I am a little short on shop space and trying to decide if this is something I should move on to a new home. Would this saw be useful for cutting brass sheet for locomotive building etc?
Dick
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 06:44 AM, Mike Gidley wrote:
Back in the 70's in Australia we were called draughtsman then they changed it to draftsman.?
Looks like we took the US English version
I would say that here in the UK either is in use, but when preparing a document we refer to the first draft, not draught. In my 1975 dictionary both are listed equally. I think draught for documents and drawings is on the way out. For drinks, I'm not so sure.
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
I'll raise a foamy draught to that.
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On Apr 28, 2020, at 00:44, Mike Gidley via groups.io <mike.gidley@...> wrote:
?Well I have to say thankyou for both of your digital gifts.
Something off topic Back in the 70's in Australia we were called draughtsman then they changed it to draftsman.?
Looks like we took the US English version.
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
Well I have to say thankyou for both of your digital gifts.
Something off topic Back in the 70's in Australia we were called draughtsman then they changed it to draftsman.?
Looks like we took the US English version.
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
Yes I bought the commercial one then did the drawings from those, as even those commercial ones are very hard to find, I am a draughtsman by trade do the drawing was easy.
Thanks Peter Fusion 360 is an Autodesk product it is free to the non commercial and student user. I was a Senior Civil Engineering Draftsman before computers were common place on everybodies desk. My drawing technology was Rotring ink pens on Tracing paper or film and expensive scale rulers. I seem to recognise your name did you produce drawings for the U3/4 Threading Attachment. Because I just 3d printed the gears for it 
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
You folks never cease to amaze me with the crafty solutions you come up with for things the factory could have done or done better. I recall there was a machine shop in the UK which made a compound feed unit that mounted on the carriage for the Unimat SL/DB. Any one recall who that might have been. Alternatively has anyone come up with one on their own?
Prisoner in NC, USA
William K. Macy 52 Lincolnshire Loop Asheville, NC 28803 Email: wmkmacy3@...Mobile: 401-439-1705 Telephone: 828-505 1192
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Thanks Peter
Fusion 360 is an Autodesk product it is free to the non commercial and student user.
I was a Senior Civil Engineering Draftsman before computers were common place on everybodies desk.
My drawing technology was Rotring ink pens on Tracing paper or film and expensive scale rulers.
I seem to recognise your name did you produce drawings for the U3/4 Threading Attachment.
Because I just 3d printed the gears for it
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
Thanks Peter Fusion 360 is an Autodesk product it is free to the non commercial and student user. I was a Senior Civil Engineering Draftsman before computers were common place on everybodies desk. My drawing technology was Rotring ink pens on Tracing paper or film and expensive scale rulers. I seem to recognise your name did you produce drawings for the U3/4 Threading Attachment. Because I just 3d printed the gears for it 
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Re: We seem to be thriving!
Hi,
The Unimat forum is great by every standard. Am new here but I have already learnt a lot from your a archives.
Queen
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Re: We seem to be thriving!
Brian:? So do I? I am looking for specs on the capacitor on a PLAIN JANE run of the mill NON CNC Compact 5 spindle motor.? I can use my lathe if I "Armstrong " the chuck to get it to go.? Once it is running all is good.
Ed
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Re: We seem to be thriving!
I agree with Keith. I appreciate everyone's posts. I'm new to this and tend to listen/read more at first before asking too many questions.? I wish there were people in the compact 5 group.
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
ok, files are uploaded, i have put the mk1 and mk2 stl's and the mk2 CAD files in autocad and bentley microstation.
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Re: 3d printed steady rest for unimat 3/4
I will have a go at putting the files up, I am already on MK2, with the nuts inset into the body. As an ex drawing office manager, I just do my modelling in a full cad package, generally autocad. But I can do it in others too.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 1:36 AM +0100, "Mike Gidley via groups.io" <mike.gidley@...> wrote:
Hi Peter?
Would you mind putting the modeling files in our files section or somewhere like Thingeverse.
Also what Modeling software are you using I'm still struggling with Fusion 360.
There are easier ones but Fusion looks the best.
With Covid19 restrictions making me stay at home I have the time to learn a new skill.
Thanks in advance Mike
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OldToolmaker
Carl