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I bought a used Unimat SL1000 years ago and have used it well. It was not perfect when I got it, but I used her anyway. She has some dings on the cylindrical ways … I decided to retrofit hard chrome shafts in place of the standard soft steel ways she came with. There is another caveat, i’m...

I'm working on a project that had the smallest pin (.065”) that required extraction, luckily through holes are present for the pin. i went to the toolbox and looked for my smallest pin punch, the closest i came was a .30" obviously, that's a no-go. i searched through the crap and found a...

My wife has picked up baking as a hobby. She has baked for years, but now her frequency of baking has increased. She expressed interest in getting a dough cutter/scraper . Without a word to her, the gears of production began to turn in my head. I have no shortage of materials to construct a...

i got a call from a company that tried to fix it themselves first...☺ to give some background, the customer has a completely locked up 10Hp Baldor Motor, ( the picture was taken after i removed the offending sprocket) the motor used in an industrial meat grinder (the motor is valued in excess...

I'm collecting tooling for my Unimats i didn't see a flycutter made by Emco, so i decided to make one from the pile of scrap stainless i have accumulated. the tool was produced from a 1.5" diameter scrap 416 stainless steel meat saw shaft after turning the 1.5" diameter to 30mm, i drilled and...

I have 2 versions of the Unimat, a SL1000, and a DB200. i have enough Emco tooling and accessories to make one of them useful as a lathe as well as a mill/drill which is great if i want to use both of them in the same location, but i was hoping to separate the pair and use them apart. that means...

I have finally completed a working model of an amazing free energy engine ! It is crafted from the finest materials known to man. There were over 2 hours spent in careful engineering consideration, and over 50 hours of extensive research and development, to produce this one of a kind FREE ENERGY...

I recently felt the necessity to make myself do some things i really didn't wanna do. having an endomorph type body, (6'2" x 250 lbs) has me with more weight to carry than i should. i generally walk a lot in my job, but i know it is not enough to be considered any kind of real exercise i ride...

i made a short video on testing the windings on a 5 wire 115v 1/2 hp 1740 rpm General Electric single phase capacitor start motor. other motors will test very similar

The title says it all.... ....it all started with the necessity to free up horizontal space on my costco-type steel garage racking unit. i was using the top shelf to store up to 48" pieces of differing alloys of mostly aluminum, but the is some odd pieces of steel, stainless steels and...

I have a Unimat SL1000 and a DB200. they are enchanting due to their small footprint as well as for the precision in which they are made. I'm torture testing my SL1000 to find the boundaries of operation. (and possibly step over them from time to time) for the control portion of the experiment...

i have the most wonderful knife sharpening system, the Lansky Sharpener i have sharpened my knives hundreds of times with this excellent sharpener. My brother was going to use it the other night with a medium diamond hone, but unfortunately the inserted thumbscrew bore and attachment end...

Now that i have a big lathe (Victor 2040) with a lota motor (7.5hp, 3 phase), i'm collecting tooling large enough for the scale of the machine. that means 3/4",7/8 &1" tools for the enormous CA sized toolholders. (for size comparison- i didn't buy Aloris :apologize...

I picked up my Victor 2040 yesterday the move was easier that i could have ever expected, i had forklifts on both the pick up and at my shop at work. the specifications are attached the lathe came without many accessories, but it does have a 12" 3J Buck Set true chuck and a DRO :grin: i'll...

I have a lathe to move soon and i wanted to make the move as easy as possible. i will have a forkilft on both the pick up and the shop ends to assist with the heavy lifting. sliding it into place will be a bit easier without the bulk of the forklift on the long side. the thought is to lower the...

I have a Deckel SOE clone grinder (https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/kunming-kxm10-4-universal-cutter-grinder.59697/) i wanted to use it for sharpening HSS blanks into precision carving instruments. this would entail putting square HSS stock into a round collet.(because i don't have any...

i recently had an itch to scratch. i wanted a small vise, but didn't want to ignore the pile of scrap metal waiting to be re-purposed into useful things. so i took a piece of vintage 6061 square 32mm bar and whacked a 120mm section from it i squared the ends on the BP i laid out the throat of...

i got a cased set of 3/4" drive sockets very cheap at Harbor Freight a few years ago. the reason they were cheap is that the 18" breaker bar was broken i just used an adapter and used a 1/2" breaker bar as a go around for a long time. this time my 1/2" breaker bars were too long, 1/2" ratchet...

My son has said that he has outgrown his (twin sized) race car bed, and wished for a big boy bed. after looking on Amazon for mattresses , i decided to construct the bed frame. i saw a bunch of bed frames in the search, but they all looked cheesy and cheap. so i did the next best thing, i spent...

I received a Unimat DB200, that i won at auction, today by Fed Ex !!!!! :grin: it didn't come with much but i have been looking for accessories in preparation, more tooling is coming! I'll call her, Eula i was able to find some history on lathes uk.com, on the unimats...