unimat

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 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 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 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...