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Hello, All. I'm new to the forum. I need to make new keep plates for my Emco Unimat 3 lathe cross slide. Any suggestions about what material would work best? Thanks!

Hello: You're welcome. Yes, of course it is feasible. If I could do it, you can too. But it is not enough. I may have not properly explained this problem some / many (?) U3s have, so I'll try again.

Thanks a lot for this, Julius, Making a pair of new brass gibs seems feasible enough. Just one question about the set screws (gleaned from the Sieg) - would this mean installing a set of excentric

Thanks Keith, Your point about the upward movement is appreciated, I will experiment a bit and hopefully can keep all of you posted. But first of all, I will check whether shimming the carriage/?ross

Hello: I have the same attachment but as I use taps and dies for most everything, I have only tested it once to see how it fared with the turning of an external M14x1.0 thread. It worked quite well

I was thinking of trying this myself - I can see some advantages. A possible snag is that the cutting forces will be acting upwards, lifting the carriage off the bed. Check for any slack movement

I have recently started cutting thread on my Unimat 3, using Emco's thread cutting set with change wheels that is still being sold by Emco as an Unimat 4 accessory (see *this link (

I've been an Optivisor user for quite a few years now, and on my last trip to the opticians I was advised to use it along with my new reading glasses, apparently to help me focus when wearing the

The Optivisor has been a standard of the jewelry industry in the US for decades. That said, when I was an apprentice the master jeweler who was training me had a headband magnifier made by Zeiss.

a good reference for ?this scale of machine tools is The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe by Donald de Carle. Even worthy aftermarket attachments make it in there and new editions are released

Hello: Based on my experience with it, I have only made references to the ca.1980 Unimat 3 I have and the accesories that came with it. With respect to discussing the matter of Unimat 3

a worthy point you raised about the design parameters of Emco's machines, but I wouldn't be so quick to criticize, or can you be more specific? ?Are you referring to the DB/SL design, or the 3 and

there was also you a tube video, perhaps that could help in finding a source

Not sure if it was that one, but I do recall a similar device type that used available aluminum off the shelf parts for the ones that needed a level of precision.

Hi Dick, I wear contacts and use reading glasses.? I think the best magnifying glasses are made with your optometrist for your unique requirements to see.? When my eyes change and I can no longer

I have both a clone and a real Mighty Mag. Get the real thing if possible.? The clone works, sort of, but needs redrilled and rethreaded or it's a bit sloppy. Probably fine for woodworking, not so

check out the Mighty Mag line-up (Web search it)...work fine for Unimat work and won't break the bank [email protected]> wrote:

Planet Earth. I’m very attached to it, although its magnetism is not very attractive.

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Hello: I have tried that in other situations (not a lather or mill) where I had no other way to get two parts properly aligned, albeit with varied success as it was usually in close quarters. But I'm