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Hi All Many thanks to Eugene for his very generous donation towards the annual fee, perhaps Martin will confirm sufficient funds have been donated to cover the cost for the next year. If this is the

Mr. Pete222 has a series of videos on how to grind the tools for lathes. Here is the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrDr4rYLiAk He uses a wooden model to show the correct angles for a

I'm still trying to make descent knurls...? I have three scissor types, one being hand held, and a boxfull of different dies, but just when I think I'm going to do a good job, it goes sideways.??

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Hi Gang: Don't forget heat treating, a soft steel center punch won't stay sharp long. It might be easier to grind something that is hard allready. Carl.

Hi Keith Ian Adam is an Unmoderated listed member from 2009 so there should not be any problem with him uploading messages. Marcus

Hi Gang: One of my prised tools is a center punch. I was having trouble transfering holes on location. I decided the small Starrett punches just didn't let me punch deep enough. So I made a punch from

Thank you all for your suggestions, especially Tamra for the reference suggestions. ?The first things that I'd like to do don't even involve using the machine - they include making the

Hi Tamra, I have the good fortune to have a 200+ member Makerspace 5 minutes from my house. Lots of diverse talent and everyone anxious to share their knowledge. I've converted my Unimat to CNC using

Tamra, I've been going to a school for precision manual machining for over 6 years now, very part-time. Every time I watch her videos, I learn something new. It will be easier and faster for her to do

Hi John, We have two of the DB200/SL1000 models. I converted one to CNC. A small amount of info posted on YouTube. Jay Perez wrote:

I looked up turning a shoulder... I did not know the name of this skill. I think I need to go watch the blondi hacks series on YouTube... Tamra

Bill, nice attachment... perhaps we can load this in the files. I've not once used a center punch.? I've used a nail set many times when we have put up moldings. Still learning...? I can see the

Attached is a extract from that book I mentioned, showing the hammer and tap wrench. Mine was made with a 3/8" head, instead of the 3/4" in the book. That was long, long ago, and far, far away, and in

I'd like to have a Unimat partially because it takes a great deal of skill to get good work out of one. If I can do good work on it, it will prove to me that I'm a better machinist than I was when I

Tamra, my favorite beginners projects are a small riveting hammer and a tap handle. Those are what I made in my machine shop class in high school, in 1973. I gave them to my grandpa, and got them back

I forgot to mention in my previous post that for a first project it is more about learning than perfection. Do one type of operation until it is mastered (even if that means you start over again). The

I think a good beginning project for the Unimat would be to make a center punch. The skills learned would involve: (1) straight parallel turning. (2) taper turning. (3) turning to a shoulder. (4)

The first time I used a tap & die on a lathe and made a brass screw, the memory still makes me smile. It is a confidence and skill building exercise... Perhaps the aluminum pen that was a Home Shop

<sorry, let me ask this question differently...> So, for all of our very experienced unimat users, what is the beginners project you would recommend to start learning to use the Unimat? I think one