Re: What are these?
Carl, Upon closer inspection, thy do seem to be hand made. I can see the bare metal between the "teeth" The ones with points, there are two of them, the angle appears to be 40 degrees. Neither comes
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Lawrence Miller
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
Hello Timothy,?? I measure my U3 at 12.03 for the hole and 11.95 on the pinion (tooth tip to tip) with 11.97 on the pinion shaft.?? Hope that helps!?? Rgrds,?? Richard.
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Richard H (from Lincoln UK)
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Re: What are these?
Hello Larry: Can you measure each gap (1-5)? and tell us the sizes? Thanks, Carl.
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Carl
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Re: What are these?
That makes sense. These belonged to my step father. Before I was in high school, he was a machinist.? He worked in the machine shop at a local mill. He spent over 40 years there later becoming the
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Lawrence Miller
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#63301
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
I just got a 12mm pinion blank, but to my surprise it does not fit into the Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment. I measured the opening in the milling attachment and it comes in at 11.8mm. So now I'm
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Timothy Jump
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#63300
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Re: What are these?
I am just guessing here, but they possibly could be shop-made Acme or square thread gauges. Jerry F. Sent: Friday, July 05, 2024 6:33 AM To: Carl; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Unimat] What are
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Gerald Feldman
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#63299
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Re: What are these?
Can anyone identify these? There are 4 of them, the larger one with "teeth" is numbered 1-5. Thanks, Larry
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Lawrence Miller
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Re: What are these?
Hi: They could be sorting gages, each step is a different size for matching graded parts. The other option is the could be used as mandrels between centers for certain parts. Carl.
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Carl
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Re: What are these?
I strongly suspect these are a form of "go - no go" plug gauges.? I suspect the various diameter features are a series of slightly different diameters. Used for inspecting parts.? The knurled
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Charles Kinzer
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#63296
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What are these?
These came along with my lathe, It came with a lot tooling that looks like they were for a bigger machine and these might not been used with the Unimat. If I were guess, I would guess gauges of some
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Brad Barton
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#63295
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
Sorry, I was thinking of my old SL and didn't notice it was for the U3. Maybe more accurate dimensions will be required for that. Even so, a lot of it could be improvised according to what you want to
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Keith S. Angus
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#63294
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
Thank you Keith, Peter_B and Peter_N. This is very helpful and I should be able to fabricate one of these per the need. Cheers, Timothy Jump
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Timothy Jump
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#63293
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Re: Edelstall cutting tool system
When hand grinding HSS tool bits keep a small container of water or water soluble coolant to dip the warm tool bit into. A HSS tool bit should not be allowed to get overheated. HSS ?has red hardness,
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
The 'handle' is held in place by a grub screw at the end of the pinion, I wouldn't glue it if you ever want to be able to use the U3 Fine Feed Attachment (EMCO part number 151.110).
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Peter Brooks
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#63291
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
Sorry for my first replay, I misunderstood Timothy. Here is the dimension of my part, as it should be called in English, and a photo of it. Peter Nyffeler
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Peter Nyffeler
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#63290
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Re: Edelstall cutting tool system
It was made for a 5 inch lathe, it fits a 1/2 inch collet.
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Charles Daldry
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#63289
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
If you don't worry about making a replica of the original Unimat one, and their construction did vary, you can do it all without dimensions apart from knowing that the main shaft is 12mm diameter,
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Keith S. Angus
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#63288
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Re: Unimat 3 Vertical Milling Attachment; Pinion
Thank you Keith for getting me the spline specs. What I still need are length dimensions. I've attached a rough drawing of the Unimat 3 vertical milling attachment pinion with the length dimensions
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Timothy Jump
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#63287
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Re: Edelstall cutting tool system
It is a bit different. I was just trying to help, OK.
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pbrixey
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Re: Edelstall cutting tool system
When you start grinding your tool bits... and an ordinary bench grinder works well... for HSS...? I would have to look at the wheel to tell you what is on it... Bill in OKC, is correct, wearing
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Tamra
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