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Alistair Riddoch (YouTube Adventures with a Very Small Lathe ( https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventureswithaVerySmallLathe/videos ) ) has started a Unimat restoration project. I've found his other videos

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

Posted today; 21 minutes long. Very well done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqRUEY4UNgw

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

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

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

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

Happy to hear Mert is doing well. He was such a wealth of great advice. Best wishes to him. Dick

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.Dick

Tell Mert that he is missed, he was a great source of knowledge here.?Jeff

Zitat von "John Hutnick" <johnhutnick@...>: Tailstock looks like Mark 2, on my Mark1 is no locking screw http://www.lathes.co.uk/unimat/page4.html Lui

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

Please tell Mert how much this group has appreciated his wit, ingenuity and participation over the years. -Guy-

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

The CAD design I referred to is by Roman and is in the Files under "cast iron base".

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

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.

Hi Gang: Similar to a Sewing Cabinet: Open: And closed: Carl.

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