Re: Baseline / empirical testing Unimat 3 lathes and milling attachments
Peter, In general these lathes get very little use and suffer little wear so I doubt you will experience any excess runout. Lathes are inherently accurate. If course gib strips etc might need slight
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clankennedy2004
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#59481
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Re: 290 Tooth Gear
LOL $11 does that include postage and shipping and import tax i wonder ! At that sort of price are the pages of the magazines made from Gold Leaf ?? Ain't buying that. Thanks for the help guys but I
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clankennedy2004
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#59480
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Baseline / empirical testing Unimat 3 lathes and milling attachments
I didn't quite know what to call this post so I hope that is not too far off the mark... Last year I acquired two Unimat 3 lathes and two milling heads. Once the workshop warms up a bit (not too long
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Peter Brooks
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#59479
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Re: Unimat Mill/Drill Mounting System ?
Mounting is by two bolts through the column and into the lathe body - the rear of the lathe body has a curved recess, the female to the column's male. What the column does lack is any sort of keyway
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Peter Brooks
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Re: 290 Tooth Gear
Found it! https://homeshopmachinist.net/resources/article-index/ Additions and Modifications to the Mini-Lathe: A Worm Drive for the Indexing Head Ted Hansen Lathes HSM Vol. 34 No. 3 May-Jun 2015 46
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Jeff R. Allen <jra@...>
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#59477
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
Hi James, I live on the other side of the bay from you; while my SL still has great paint, let me know when it becomes available, as I'd probably take at least one can as "insurance". -Dave in
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Dave Seiter
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Re: 290 Tooth Gear
Unfortunately, do to a cross country move, I no longer have those publications.
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
Hi Gang: This somewhat reminds me of when I bought my Granite Smithy Lathe/Mill. I called Smithy and asked them about factory seconds. They said they had a machine at 33% off, but it was blue and not
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Carl
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
One of mine is hammered dark bronze, and the other will be. Simplifies things markedly. No, it's not factory specification, but I can live with that little problem. :) Bill in OKC? William R. Meyers,
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Bill in OKC too
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#59473
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
LOL - meanwhile, my main unimat is bright red... -Guy-
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Guy Winton
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
Thanks John Hutnick for providing some news we may actually be able to use, vis-a-vis the unobtainium Verde Green Hammertone paint.? Imagine that, calling the paint company itself, and getting
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james Pineda
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
Further to this, I called Rustoleum.? Verde green is not available, they expect some to be made in about 2 months.? It will only be spray cans.? Home Depot will order paint at the Pro desk, but
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John Hutnick
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
I called the hardware store and someone looked on the shelf.? They do not have this paint color.
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John Hutnick
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
Anybody from NY? This small hardware store has Verde Green: https://www.nuthousehardware.com/rus-7219830
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Andrey Malakov (gmail)
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#59468
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Unimat Mill/Drill Mounting System ?
Hey guys, I'm not sure what version of the Unimat I'm thinking off but like the recent Unimat, I think it was a Unimat 3, that sold on E-Bay for @ ?600 which included the Mill drill attachment and
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clankennedy2004
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#59467
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
That product is not shipped to the US. Thank you though.
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Quinn Golden
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
You are right! I'll see if I can find it on another site and maybe buy it and try it! As soon as I have the link, I'll post it here. Nic
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niczano@...
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#59465
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
Thank you, looks great. But unfortunately it appears to be out-of-stock presently unavailable. Kind regards, AlN Sent: Monday, March 13, 2023 1:33 PM To: Quinn Golden <quinngolden@...>;
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Alan Ehrlich
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#59464
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Re: Rustoleum Green Hammered
https://www.eurocali.com/vernici-spray-classiche/623-570-vernice-spray-macota-martellato.html#/347-ral-verde_martellato
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niczano@...
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Re: 290 Tooth Gear
Hi, Living in the UK i do not have ready access to that publication ! Perhaps a scan and upload to the files section is in order or e-mail me the pdf direct if you prefer. Would be nice to have. Also
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clankennedy2004
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