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My shed lathe has a blanket over it and a lead lamp with an 11W bulb to keep it less cold over the winter. It has kept the rust away for two British winters. 11W is the actual power rating… not the

Evapo-rust tries to reverse that. Worth trying first. Neil.

Hello: Indeed ... Always at ambient temperature here. Apartment looks north so, being south of the equator I have sun all day. Some summers can be hell.? 8^/ Problem is in the cold months, when

Hello JHM: Cold metal and moist air means condensation. Two options: 1) keep the metal warm, 2) keep the moist air away from the cold metal. You could also keep the metal coated with oil, but this is

Hello: Cleaning up my newly acquired Unimat 3 is still an ongoing task. The chuck, lead screw and guides under the saddle were the worse parts, years of old caked gunk all over. I got some things

Hello: Yes. I have the same manual as the one I downloaded both here and on the web some time ago. But I'd say (YMMV) that covered is a bit of a stretch. Maybe it's just me , but I see a very

Hello: Thanks for the explanation. BTW: what is the thread specification for the cross slide thread and the lead screw? The manual I have says and? A3A 050 030 and A3A 000 050, probably part numbers.

Hello: I see. Now I get it. There's also the type of fix used in 3D printers consisting of a spring loaded nut. It could done in minutes if the replacement part (ASA 050 040 - cross slide nut) were

i am the builder of this nut. its a splited nut. to adjust the gap i use 2 grubscrews m2. the grubscrews press on small balls from old bearings. ball diameter 1.3 or 1.5mm the balls pressed in after i

Or just shorten at the threaded length (maybe, for ease). Mihai

There could be an alternative - have them but not tried yet. Solder one in slightly opened state, fully drill, thread, melt alloy and fit in a corresponding hole for screw passing with a lock-nut

It is essentially a split nut and he is using adjusting screws to open the gap and reduce the backlash - I think. Alternatively screws could be used to reduce the gap. An alternative is a double nut

It's covered on the owner manuals on the website. /g/Unimat/files Neil

Hello: Thanks for the heads up. Well ... Let me/us know when you're done. And please consider documenting the how-to so the rest of us may have a go at it. I could not make heads or tails of the OPs

Hello: Among the things that came with my Unimat 3, there is a "lathe threading attachment" (part n° 150250). It is complete albeit with only a 1.0mm guide and former set? (part n° 150330). It just

I measured the length of my 150 watt 24v motors and they are 1-1/2” shorter than my U90 motors. That opens my field of vision on the vertical setup making it much easier to see what I am doing. Dick

@JHM - the photo is from in this thread: [email protected] | unimat 3 cnc | | | | [email protected] | unimat 3 cnc | | | And now I have to go make one of those for myself too. :D - Dwayne

its from me ;)

Hello: This new member was rummaging through files yesterday afternoon and found this: /g/Unimat/photo/0/46015.56320.0?p=Created%2C%2C%2C20%2C2%2C420%2C0 I can recognise it as a

Hello: And the price for just 'one' was? When I ordered mine shipping was ~ US$22.00. When I selected two instead of one, shipping went up to almost double. My wallet sent a shiver ...? 8^/ But if