Re: Collet chucks
UNIMAT used to offer a complete watchmakers collet sleeve for the SL to replace the standard type (which takes chucks). It is a lovely piece of equipment and is designed for 8mm collets. Leslie
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Leslie Bevis-Smith <leslie.bevis.smith@...>
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#58582
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Collet chucks
Am I crazy or is it impossible to find sl1000 collet set up. Factory or aftermarket has eluded me. Does anyone know of a readily available m12x1 collet chuck?
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Jarod <alderj601@...>
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#58581
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Fahrion collet set
Hi everyone I have a set of fahrion collets if anyone is interested Should be 15 in the box but missing 2 marked 4&7 Anyone interested? Thanks
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Nigel Pearson
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#58580
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Re: Peerless Jewelers Lathe for auction on Goodwill
I was considering it too, but decided the unimat needs more love first. -Dave
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Dave Seiter
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#58579
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Re: first Pen and thoughts on moving forward
What fun! I'm not much of a You Tube watcher - I think spending 100 hours or 1000 hours at the lathe, vs watching You Tube for 100 hours is a much better teacher, and you get the bonus of making fun
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Tamra
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#58578
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Re: first Pen and thoughts on moving forward
Cute. He¡¯s even got a striped suit. Jerry F. Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 5:48 PM To: Tamra; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Unimat] first Pen and thoughts on moving forward so ya the 6 I did the
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Gerald Feldman
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#58577
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Re: Peerless Jewelers Lathe for auction on Goodwill
The auction ended, it went for $246.90.
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Richard Burrows
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#58576
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Re: Peerless Jewelers Lathe for auction on Goodwill
I took a peek, and ran away clutching my poor empty wallet, too. I've already got five lathes right now, and only one is truly working as it should. I think I need to up that number before I buy
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Bill in OKC too
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#58575
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Re: first Pen and thoughts on moving forward
so ya the 6 I did the close up on have been working alright, I have done a few things with them the odd shaped ones (like the two Tamra pointed out) I have not touched the set was meant as a stepping
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Lex_Peacekeeper@...
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#58574
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Re: Wheels
From Jarrod,? >>> am wondering what is the difference between machines with plastics vs. metal hand wheels From my viewpoint, pre-conceived prejudices...? I've learned that Delrin is a very
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Tamra
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#58573
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Re: Peerless Jewelers Lathe for auction on Goodwill
<danger!>? ?Acquisition will lead to collet chase!? I've been able to resist so far, but clearly lathe acquisition disease continues to be a problem. It is the accessories where the real cost
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Tamra
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#58572
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Re: first Pen and thoughts on moving forward
Lex, I've been wood turning since 2015.? I've not once seen a set of lathe chisels that the underside of the metal of lathe chisel is curved.? I do think the set of 12, 6 of the set are photographed
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Tamra
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#58571
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Peerless Jewelers Lathe for auction on Goodwill
If anyone is interested there is a Peerless Jewelers Lathe for auction on Goodwill... Bidding ends On: 08/11/2022 @ 06:09:00 PM PT https://shopgoodwill.com/item/149531639
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Richard Burrows
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#58570
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Re: Alternative motor for the Unimat SL
Hello: Thank you. 8^) Still have to drill/thread the pulley. Indeed ... I have quite a bit of of tools, a few made or heavily modified by me, always purchased on a need-to-use basis. Not to mention a
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Julius Henry Marx
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#58569
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Re: Alternative motor for the Unimat SL
Hello: Yes, I am in the middle of getting/making all the tooling I need. A smaller vice and a basic set of parallels is on the list which has gotten rather long. For the filing I used one of those
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Julius Henry Marx
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#58568
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Re: Train Related?
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Karl Rosenlof <karl_rosenlof@...>
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#58567
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Re: Milling with the DB 200
Despite my dismay at you cutting up a perfectly good Unimat base, I have to say it looks quite good. May you get many happy and productive years of use from it. Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers, MSgt,
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Bill in OKC too
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#58566
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Re: Train Related?
Hello Gang: I received a message from the seller of the rail based lathe, and they said they are selling the lathe with the 4 jaw chuck. (self centering) Carl.
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Carl
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#58565
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Re: Milling with the DB 200
Here is the final work of art with the Unimat head mounted and the 2 1/2" Sherline handwheel installed on the top shaft.? I made a little brass pointer.? With washers under the hand wheel, the head
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John Hutnick
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#58564
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Re: Alternative motor for the Unimat SL
@juliushenrymarx The flat on arbor is more than OK. Set screw will naturally? try to find its lowest position. As *Bill in OKC* says,?you don't need (in the beginning?:) expensive tools but more
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NapierDeltic
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#58563
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