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Since it looks like Tom's Tool Store has gone the way of many of our old suppliers. I used the Way Back Machine Internet search engine and located his old site. I was then able to download his old

First post after lurking for a while here in the UK so be gentle with me. My Unimat 4 stopped working a few weeks ago, when the start button was pressed the fuse in the plug would blow, tried a few

Sometimes the speed does affect the amount of deflection. If you run certain metals like stainless and some steel alloys at very high speeds, you can overheat and in effect heat treat them making them

Does the amount of tool bit deflection change due to the speed of the spindle? Does the hardness of the metal you are working? with change this? For my final finish cut, I frequently just push my

Need to consider the effects of tool geometry. 1) stiffness...when traversing "forward" the tool deflects backward and results in a shortening of length. The dynamic change of direction from forward

I recall the tool taking a fine cut on returning from facing off quite often on various lathes. I think it depends on the metal being cut and the way the tool is ground. I've never worried about it.

Thanks both. Maybe I am doing something fundamentally wrong. If I make a cut traversing along towards the headstock, surely the lathe shouldn’t be cutting more material (even a fraction) when

Don, Thank , you! I will check that out. Dick -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF- SET-tailstock-center-65965#post105972 http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/s...995#post112113 (

A Craftsman maybe?? I just did a Google search for "soft start Craftsman router" and got several hits.? Might be a place to start.

I could have written this, but I wanted to double check the "big lathes" in the garage. I believe that one can just grab the apron and lift - not far, but noticeably. Another in general: It helps to

I have always assumed the purpose of the Keep Plates is to stop the carriage falling off, not to hold it down to the bed. In normal use the carriage is held down by the cutting forces. Most larger

As long as we are discussing box joints I have a question about router tables. I used to have a small router table that had an aluminum table and four steel legs. The router was a soft start and I

A free Unimat on CL?? Wow!? That kind of find is almost unheard of! -Dave

Thanks Chuck for the reply. There is enough room for 6mm of keep plate and the heads of the socket screws, so I suppose it would be possible to have two 3mm plates and grub screws with locking nuts to

Hi Wade.? I have a Delta table saw and a nice Freud dado set that I use to make boxes with box joints.? I assume tearout is the issue with your box joints.? If you're cutting these on a table saw

Thank you,John!The Unimat SL is very capable. I occasionally?use mine for a small repeat production job made from 4140. Amazing little machines!Dick

Too cool! I need to make something like that, too. Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad

Hi Dick I did them on my Unimat SL. Best Regards John

Hello John, That is some very nice workmanship on you tap followers. What lathe did you use to machine these tools? Just curious. Dick -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF-

I’ve completed my first ever SL project - a pair of tap followers that fit into the tailstock.