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Another Unimat SL has been listed on Shop Goodwill. It looks like the original accessories are included and also a dividing heads with plates. URL: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/170928736

I found a source of Rustoleum Hammertone green spray paint in a can! I will see if it available in my local store. The store is regional in the Midwest. Dick -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/

No, you are not missing anything. It is just that some of us like to tinker with things and experiment with ideas. Dick -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF-

Back in the Day, Tom's Tool Store used to sell a kit with the extended ways and a cut off tail stock section. I think it was mostly extended for wood working and not metal. We sometimes forget the

Nope, not a big thing. Just fiddling with some ideas. And may have gone overboard with the 600mm guide rod. But it will go nicely in the scrap pile, if it doesn't work.? Bill in OKC William R.

I don't have, nor have I ever seen the extended way bars? from Emco, but I made a replacement set of way bars from chromed 12mm linear guide rod, and cut them down to match the original way bars for

In my world, better is the enemy of good enough. Many an opportunity or resource is wasted to try and better something that worked just fine the day before. ________________________________ Sent:

It is just about options. I have a 7X16 minilathe for larger work. Dick -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF- SET-tailstock-center-65965#post105972 http://www.homemadetools.net/

Is this such a dire need in the Unimat world? I mean, it is a tiny lathe, meant to make tiny things. For big stuff, just use a bigger lathe. To me, it makes sense. Am I missing something?

arguably, one could accomplish a similar result using the extra-long Unimat accessory way bars and place the tailstock on the other side of the end-of-bed. -Guy-

Hello, Bill I have often had thoughts of making two rectangular blocks from cast iron with two “v” grooves to make my own extended Unimat clone. With this arrangement the bed bed length can be

Would this work for you? https://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=4987&category= ________________________________ Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 9:59 AM To: [email protected]

He wants $50 for a useable bed. I don't want to chop one up, but know at least one got chopped some time back to make a more compact lathe & mill set up. I was perhaps a bit grouchy about it at the

you can order a hex cap screw from McMaster Carr, or Grainger, they have them in 12-1 however long you want.? Note hex head cap screw.? ?Also look under SET SCREW pat

Toms Tool Store used to sell them, I got one from him years ago for a extended bed project. Call or send him a Email.https://www.tomstoolstore.com/ Jeff

In the wee hours of the night, I had an idea for an extended bed Unimat SL/DB to play with. I know some folks here have cut down an alloy bed to use the headstock end for a milling setup. I'd be

I suspect ebay's changes to deposit money into your bank account relates to an underlining issue has been a tax issue from governments for sellers who are not reporting income. I still enjoy the eBay

Alan, I used a TAIG Vertical slide to be able to handle the added swing.? ? here are the pictures, sorry it took so long i was on vacation. Pat

I use an armature dressing stone.? ?It is made of abrasive imbedded in a rubberized substrate, I chuck the armature in the drill press or hand drill, and undercut the mica with a hacksaw blade or

And I have adequately repaired many auto generators by manually filing the armature "round" and undercutting the mica with a broken piece of fine-tooth hacksaw. The "poor boy" method... -Guy-