My father was a machinist in the Big WW, in the South Pacific …sometime during my younger years, I ended up with a brand new UNIMAT with all the bells and whistles in a horse trade. I gave it to him thinking he would enjoy having it to tinker with… don’t believe he ever even plugged it in… wish I had kept it now!
What a wonderful studio setup looks like a place where one might learn things and with Mr.Pete in total control who could help but be drawn into the learning process. God is good look how healthy and full of life you are. Thanks again
The fact that you have a Unimat and are going to feature it in some videos is a dream come true for me!!! My shop is mostly woodworking tools, but I have the Unimat to help make accurate small parts for repairs and improvements. Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks for another brief chapter on the beautiful Unimat. You did a great job mounting it to that table at the right height. With sharp tools and a ridged setup it should do some accurate machining. Maybe not quite a jeweler’s lathe but close. Lighting is good and the microphone was very clear.
Microphone was loud and clear and I could barely hear the humidifier. If you hadn't mentioned it I doubt I would have noticed. Looking forward to what projects you can do with this lathe.
Hi Mr Pete you could have just bolted it right through the top of the bench using just the lathe bolt holes with 3 inch bolts and nuts much more secure and less drilling job done.
I remember hearing the fabulous Robin Renzetti talking about getting his start on a Unimat. I am sure he is not the only machinist who had one as a kid and learned basic skills. This should be fun. Oh... and I was able to scrape up enough loose change from the couch cushions and off the floor off my car to afford a thumbs up🤣 cheers
Hello: I've owned a Unimat sl 1000 since the 70's. I spent many years making ship models. This machine was indispensable to me. Back around 2005, I thought I needed larger machines. I was wrong. I can get rid of all this stuff, but will never say goodbye to this Unimat. It means too much to me.
Brian from Ma.Great video as usual well I’m off I reacquainted myself with terrell fixes missed him. He has replaced my TikTok in my before sunrise activity Thanks Besafe
Just a quick warning to other home shop machinist. I ordered online from eBay some tool holders for my Myford quick change tool post. When they finally arrived, they weren’t even close to fitting. When I tried to return them they made all sorts of excuses and so I guess I’m out over $200. Be very cautious and dealing with these companies.
I could spend a whole Saturday, just writing in my notebook and drawing up different configurations, shelves, drawers, etc... you might even be able to mount the unimat on the top of a tool box or inside a big drawer to slide it out of the way when not using it. Maybe a fold-out table that comes off the bottom of a toolbox drawer... It would be nice to be able to clean up and leave the shop tidy with not only the tools in the toolbox, but also the machines packed up and away. Can you tell I'm avoiding my spring cleaning by drawing in my notebooks? Time to get out the broom, dustpan, and get to work. Happy Saturday! It may be time to build my own version of the Unimat. (add that as a drawing as well. Thanks for the great videos! )
I love Your channel. I have been a subscriber for many years (~8 yrs). It seems impossible to me that you can find new and interesting things to film. But, so far you have never failed to provide content that Your subscriber's like and enjoy. I had a Unimat SL1000 for many years and recently gave it to my Son. I'm looking forward to the projects you will demonstrate on Your Unimat. KOKO!
The Unimat is looking good. I'm curious to see how it performs. Re: painting I think you'll be glad you ddn't paint that fine lookin' freebie. You'll find, as I did w/ my Sherline, they are so small you can't find a place to stick a mag base, & when you try a small base, they don't have enough mag to stick well. I have a slab of 1" steel in front of the bed I use for mag bases, & a handy note pad. It's a great place to write things our old brains easilu forget. A coat of paint would just get tore up sliding a mag base on it. Re: vise Looks like a knee knocker to me. You'll find the right side of the lathe needs to stay free of stuff, you're constantly reaching down to move the carriage; (if w/ a power feed, which is a BIG plus), you'll either bonk your elbow or knock to the floor anything placed to the right. I do have a 2" tilt & swivel toolmaker's vise on the left front corner of my bench; I use the heck out of it. It's just big enough for an ER32 Collet block, which I have on my lathe, it's become a much used partner to the lathe. On the left end of my lathe table I mounted one of the shelf like toolholders w/ the holes. Had it for years & never found use for it, but didn't toss it cause it was plastic. It, too, has become a partner to the lathe & vise; I took a step drill &/or saw to any of the holes needing customization for tools to fit. A trick I found is to stick a round tube shaped tooling container you get w/ certain tooling you buy in one of the holes. They make a handy container for picks, scribes, etc. Enjoy your Unimat, I'll be interested to see what you think of it. It's a small world for you, now! Way different than what you're accustomed to. LOL GeoD
@@mrpete222 You're welcome. I was able to power the X-axis w/ a small 12v DC motor driving 0.25" cogged belts, the same stuff 3D printers use. It was one of the 1st upgrades I did. I was glad it was after the 1st longish session & could barely lift my arm the next day. You still have to hand crank, but the long traverses & non-contact movement is a lot easier & faster. If you use a 3 position, On-Off-On, switch, it's easy to wire it w/ forwatd & reverse. Gimme a holla if you decide to do it & I can sketch something up for you. I didn't have to modify any parts, just added one to the lead screw end. GeoD
I see that you have a little live center in your picture, I've never seen a factory unimat one, probably pricey. I made mine by turning down one that had a #1 morse taper and then found that little one (like the one I sent for less than $6). There's another one with a 6mm post, the unimat is just over 7mm, and I'm going to put a sleeve on one. I sent you one of those too to check out. That one is readily available online (for like $3-$4) that most viewers could use and might be interested in (and make the sleeve on their unimat). Great job on the videos Lyle. I couldn't hear a difference in the microphones, what every is easiest for you is best here.
Thank you, I was wondering who sent that. It is very neat and compact. It will be shown eventually in a video. But there are two or three videos already in the can before I received your gift. Thank you very much.
Hello Brian. I have the luxury of being retired, you still have a demanding job. I just got back from an auction, froze, my butt off, and wasted $400, lol.
The motor casting on mine had been broken and repaired (welded) really ok, but didn't look nice. I finally found a good one on ebay. I almost, just a few days ago, couldn't come closer, to sending you a new magnifying lamp with a 6" glass lens and leds around it. Just when I hit the purchase button, I got a message about my cart, had to go delete some stuff and COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME find that lamp again. That's how close you got getting it and It was a really nice one too☹.
Nice I like how you said earlier that piece of metal that just fit perfect and once in a while you throw a vice up on the machine and lock it down and it's in line within.001. 😊
I like ordinary sheet metal screws for most fastening-to-wood jobs. The are much stronger than “wood” screws and available in many more sizes than dry wall screws. And more head styles. They self tap into wood unless you are right near an edge then you might want to drill a pilot hole.
I sent you a length of the 5mm round black polyurethane belt material (ordered one for me too). On my Unimat, one of my belts (the one to the spindle) is loose and as I tried to move it to other positions, I realized that it requires a different length belt. The motor pulley and the idler pulley look to be the same diameters only with one flipped, so that o-ring seems to fit all three of those positions. But, the spindle pulley to the idler pulley is a different length for all three positons. Then, they show going directly from the motor pulley to the spindle pulley and those are different. And finally, they show to remove the spindle pulley and flip it over and some of those are different lengths. My Unimat is an older DB200, Mk 2 so I don't know how it is for some of the other models. I figure I'll just make up some belts. I've only had the one set of o-rings so I just used what positions they fit.
I ordered that long cutting board to use for a base. I told you that my box fell apart and now all the attachments don't have a home and are scattered. I think I'm going to trim the board (base) so it just sticks past the motor pulleys on the left end and maybe an inch on the right, then make a new box so it will all set in the bottom (with the base). It would be kinda neat if it was a chest with a couple of drawers and the lathe in the top (kinda like a kennedy box). hmmm.....
Yea, you inspired me to get out my unimat and fix it up a little. For the longest time I couldn't find a good base and I just found a long 7" x 26" bamboo (looks like butcher block) cutting board on ebay. My belts are loose o-rings, and I just ordered a length of 5mm round urethane belting. You just cut it to length, melt the ends and stick it together and it's permanent (at least it was in the video I watched). I'll send you some of that too to try. I'm sure a lot of people are interested in the belts. I'll paste some pictures in an email that might make it clearer. @@mrpete222
You could have drilled the mount holes for the lathe through the wood, the counter sunk the bolts in the wood, then you wouldn’t have needed the wood screws, or the narrow threaded bolts.
I know what you mean about the cost of metal at big box stores. It is outrageous as is asking a 75 year old man for ID to make sure I am over 21 to buy a can of spraypaint. My soarce of angle iron has been bed frames found by the curb. It works for me, but is hard to cut and drill and to thin to tap.
I want to bought 40 bed frames from a motel just for the angles. Then I took it all to the high school and proceeded to ruin three bandsaw blades before I realized how hard it was.
Mr Pete this is Jim Kaiser I have some questions about the head of that machine the South bend vertical meal that you have I have an exact copy. Can you buy a s Nut for that machine I have three z Collets and a set of s Collets. Also looking for a owner's manual for maintenance. I also have an old van Norman and another old horizontal a Cincinnati
Please ask these questions again in my email account. I cannot list the email address here. You need to retrieve it from the following video of mine. Winter special Mr. Pete machine shop video courses
mr.pete! i need some help identifying a old lathe head stock i have and i didn't know anyone better then you, how can i get ahold of youbif you wouldn't mind helping
Can I ask about the base on yours, what is it made from? Mine is an older DB200 MK2 and is cast iron and pretty heavy. Heck, I'll toss it on the bathroom scale, 10-1/2 lbs, just the lathe, with a chuck and no base attached and nothing on the tailstock. Seem like I read they started casting them in aluminum? Maybe that was why my box fell apart. It was really heavy with all the attachments and the vertical drill post.
Mine is aluminum, I wish it was cast-iron, very lightweight, very flimsy, and lacking substance. I had to mount it on a steel plate to keep it from walking around.
I don't think they made the cast iron ones for very long. The bottom on mine is kinda narrow and is still back heavy because of the motor (it's an older style black motor too). Once the aluminum one is on a base it shouldn't be a problem. They both need a base.@@mrpete222
Another Saturday morning off to a good start. Thanks Lyle and have a good week.
As always...the perfect video for my first cup of coffee!! Thank you Mr.Pete...love the new studio BU!!
I can't wait to see you begin your next project using this machine.
I mounted my Unimate to a old desk top. It has performed spectacular as needed in all my toy train repairs.
My father was a machinist in the Big WW, in the South Pacific …sometime during my younger years, I ended up with a brand new UNIMAT with all the bells and whistles in a horse trade. I gave it to him thinking he would enjoy having it to tinker with… don’t believe he ever even plugged it in… wish I had kept it now!
What a wonderful studio setup looks like a place where one might learn things and with Mr.Pete in total control who could help but be drawn into the learning process.
God is good look how healthy and full of life you are.
Thanks again
Always is a pleasure watch your videos. Good idea for fix the lathe
The fact that you have a Unimat and are going to feature it in some videos is a dream come true for me!!! My shop is mostly woodworking tools, but I have the Unimat to help make accurate small parts for repairs and improvements. Thanks for the video!!!
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Put some clearcoat over the top and save the metal finish, that lathe looks like a lot of fun
Thanks for another brief chapter on the beautiful Unimat. You did a great job mounting it to that table at the right height. With sharp tools and a ridged setup it should do some accurate machining. Maybe not quite a jeweler’s lathe but close. Lighting is good and the microphone was very clear.
Thank you very much
Mr. Pete, Are you going into competition with Stefan Gotteswinter?
Love to see you having fun and laughing again.
Morning Lyle.
Gotta have that short term memory checked.
Microphone was loud and clear and I could barely hear the humidifier. If you hadn't mentioned it I doubt I would have noticed. Looking forward to what projects you can do with this lathe.
Hi Mr Pete you could have just bolted it right through the top of the bench using just the lathe bolt holes with 3 inch bolts and nuts much more secure and less drilling job done.
Very nice set-up in Studio BU. I look forward to see you work with the lathe. The sound is good as far as I can tell.
Love the Unimat videos!
Really happy for you Mr Pete. I understand your excitement.
Thanks Mr Pete. You gave me more than one chuckle. The only problem that I have with your videos,is the they give me the "I Wants".
I always want more. Just got home from an auction watch for the video.
I remember hearing the fabulous Robin Renzetti talking about getting his start on a Unimat. I am sure he is not the only machinist who had one as a kid and learned basic skills. This should be fun. Oh... and I was able to scrape up enough loose change from the couch cushions and off the floor off my car to afford a thumbs up🤣 cheers
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I love that you admit your temporary fix may not be entirely temporary as so many times happens in our lives and shops...
Always need to be set up where you can get to any attachment or accessory. Great work showing us how you like to have it. And how to do it.
Thanks 👍
Hello: I've owned a Unimat sl 1000 since the 70's. I spent many years making ship models. This machine was indispensable to me. Back around 2005, I thought I needed larger machines. I was wrong. I can get rid of all this stuff, but will never say goodbye to this Unimat. It means too much to me.
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I give you my thumbs up.
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Brian from Ma.Great video as usual well I’m off I reacquainted myself with terrell fixes missed him. He has replaced my TikTok in my before sunrise activity Thanks Besafe
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I'm looking forward to more videos on the UNIMATE and what you produce with it!
Oh..... Rember the Sabbath! (:
Today is the Sabbath. Tomorrow is Sunday.
Brilliant Mr Pete
Great video, like to see the pics / outros.
Super series Lyle.
Excellent, looks great!
Just a quick warning to other home shop machinist. I ordered online from eBay some tool holders for my Myford quick change tool post. When they finally arrived, they weren’t even close to fitting. When I tried to return them they made all sorts of excuses and so I guess I’m out over $200. Be very cautious and dealing with these companies.
I hope you can make it work. There are a lot of bad sellers on eBay. Be sure and give them a bad review.
I could spend a whole Saturday, just writing in my notebook and drawing up different configurations, shelves, drawers, etc... you might even be able to mount the unimat on the top of a tool box or inside a big drawer to slide it out of the way when not using it. Maybe a fold-out table that comes off the bottom of a toolbox drawer... It would be nice to be able to clean up and leave the shop tidy with not only the tools in the toolbox, but also the machines packed up and away. Can you tell I'm avoiding my spring cleaning by drawing in my notebooks? Time to get out the broom, dustpan, and get to work. Happy Saturday! It may be time to build my own version of the Unimat. (add that as a drawing as well. Thanks for the great videos! )
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I love Your channel. I have been a subscriber for many years (~8 yrs). It seems impossible to me that you can find new and interesting things to film. But, so far you have never failed to provide content that Your subscriber's like and enjoy. I had a Unimat SL1000 for many years and recently gave it to my Son. I'm looking forward to the projects you will demonstrate on Your Unimat. KOKO!
Believe me, it is sure hard to come up with new ideas. In fact, my channel is on a steep decline.
The Unimat is looking good. I'm curious to see how it performs.
Re: painting
I think you'll be glad you ddn't paint that fine lookin' freebie. You'll find, as I did w/ my Sherline, they are so small you can't find a place to stick a mag base, & when you try a small base, they don't have enough mag to stick well.
I have a slab of 1" steel in front of the bed I use for mag bases, & a handy note pad. It's a great place to write things our old brains easilu forget.
A coat of paint would just get tore up sliding a mag base on it.
Re: vise
Looks like a knee knocker to me. You'll find the right side of the lathe needs to stay free of stuff, you're constantly reaching down to move the carriage; (if w/ a power feed, which is a BIG plus), you'll either bonk your elbow or knock to the floor anything placed to the right.
I do have a 2" tilt & swivel toolmaker's vise on the left front corner of my bench; I use the heck out of it. It's just big enough for an ER32 Collet block, which I have on my lathe, it's become a much used partner to the lathe.
On the left end of my lathe table I mounted one of the shelf like toolholders w/ the holes. Had it for years & never found use for it, but didn't toss it cause it was plastic.
It, too, has become a partner to the lathe & vise; I took a step drill &/or saw to any of the holes needing customization for tools to fit.
A trick I found is to stick a round tube shaped tooling container you get w/ certain tooling you buy in one of the holes. They make a handy container for picks, scribes, etc.
Enjoy your Unimat, I'll be interested to see what you think of it.
It's a small world for you, now! Way different than what you're accustomed to. LOL
GeoD
Thank you very much for great comments and good suggestions
@@mrpete222 You're welcome.
I was able to power the X-axis w/ a small 12v DC motor driving 0.25" cogged belts, the same stuff 3D printers use.
It was one of the 1st upgrades I did.
I was glad it was after the 1st longish session & could barely lift my arm the next day.
You still have to hand crank, but the long traverses & non-contact movement is a lot easier & faster.
If you use a 3 position, On-Off-On, switch, it's easy to wire it w/ forwatd & reverse.
Gimme a holla if you decide to do it & I can sketch something up for you. I didn't have to modify any parts, just added one to the lead screw end.
GeoD
You sold all your steel? I hope you're not quitting machining anytime soon.
I see that you have a little live center in your picture, I've never seen a factory unimat one, probably pricey. I made mine by turning down one that had a #1 morse taper and then found that little one (like the one I sent for less than $6). There's another one with a 6mm post, the unimat is just over 7mm, and I'm going to put a sleeve on one. I sent you one of those too to check out. That one is readily available online (for like $3-$4) that most viewers could use and might be interested in (and make the sleeve on their unimat). Great job on the videos Lyle. I couldn't hear a difference in the microphones, what every is easiest for you is best here.
Thank you, I was wondering who sent that. It is very neat and compact. It will be shown eventually in a video. But there are two or three videos already in the can before I received your gift. Thank you very much.
Thanks Mr. Pete.
As long as it's not Studio BO... Pew 😂👍👍
I got one with a ton of whistles and bells. Used to use it repairing watches. For sale now. Great little machine.
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I look forward to more on the Unimat. I have one too and have used it for a couple things but appreciate the pointers.
More to come!
love that little lathe an loving studio BU. That's a nice little set up. But no 4th bolt back left...tut tut lol😄 (I'm sure it'll be fine🙂)
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Appreciate the time you take to make the videos even better. I know I should do that but I just don't have that kind of time.
Hello Brian. I have the luxury of being retired, you still have a demanding job. I just got back from an auction, froze, my butt off, and wasted $400, lol.
@@mrpete222 good news is at least stuff inflates in value. Dollars only go down!!
The motor casting on mine had been broken and repaired (welded) really ok, but didn't look nice. I finally found a good one on ebay. I almost, just a few days ago, couldn't come closer, to sending you a new magnifying lamp with a 6" glass lens and leds around it. Just when I hit the purchase button, I got a message about my cart, had to go delete some stuff and COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME find that lamp again. That's how close you got getting it and It was a really nice one too☹.
Oh no!
I have a Unimat with a power feed and love it. It is perfect for my model airplane bits and pieces.
I would love to buy or make a power feed
The second you drove that first drywall screw my OCD or whatever kicked in and my brain started screaming countersink that thing!
Sound check quality good, ambient noise is present but not any sort of issue, voice is clean no wind noise.
Enjoying your video with my first cup of coffee. Have a great day, Mr. Pete.
An elegant setup sir. My compliments.
Glad you like it!
I want a Unimat lathe for my home shop, I think they’re an awesome little machine.
They are!
I'm pretty sure I read that it's eight minutes of use and two minutes of rest on those older Unimat motors.
Yes, duty cycle
Good job. Thank you 😊
Hi 👋 Mr Pete. It made me happy to hear you say you were so happy today 😊
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Great job !!! Love that little lethe !! I have those magnifiers on all my work benches and my lathe keep it coming enjoy watching and learning !
Thanks 👍
Nice I like how you said earlier that piece of metal that just fit perfect and once in a while you throw a vice up on the machine and lock it down and it's in line within.001. 😊
those base screws are symmetrical. Turn the lathe around and center punch the 4th hole
Good idea
I like ordinary sheet metal screws for most fastening-to-wood jobs. The are much stronger than “wood” screws and available in many more sizes than dry wall screws. And more head styles. They self tap into wood unless you are right near an edge then you might want to drill a pilot hole.
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The vice will definitely have to come off and be shipped to my shop for safe keeping. ... yeah thats the ticket.
Lol
I sent you a length of the 5mm round black polyurethane belt material (ordered one for me too). On my Unimat, one of my belts (the one to the spindle) is loose and as I tried to move it to other positions, I realized that it requires a different length belt. The motor pulley and the idler pulley look to be the same diameters only with one flipped, so that o-ring seems to fit all three of those positions. But, the spindle pulley to the idler pulley is a different length for all three positons. Then, they show going directly from the motor pulley to the spindle pulley and those are different. And finally, they show to remove the spindle pulley and flip it over and some of those are different lengths. My Unimat is an older DB200, Mk 2 so I don't know how it is for some of the other models. I figure I'll just make up some belts. I've only had the one set of o-rings so I just used what positions they fit.
Thanks alot
I ordered that long cutting board to use for a base. I told you that my box fell apart and now all the attachments don't have a home and are scattered. I think I'm going to trim the board (base) so it just sticks past the motor pulleys on the left end and maybe an inch on the right, then make a new box so it will all set in the bottom (with the base). It would be kinda neat if it was a chest with a couple of drawers and the lathe in the top (kinda like a kennedy box). hmmm.....
Great
Yea, you inspired me to get out my unimat and fix it up a little. For the longest time I couldn't find a good base and I just found a long 7" x 26" bamboo (looks like butcher block) cutting board on ebay. My belts are loose o-rings, and I just ordered a length of 5mm round urethane belting. You just cut it to length, melt the ends and stick it together and it's permanent (at least it was in the video I watched). I'll send you some of that too to try. I'm sure a lot of people are interested in the belts. I'll paste some pictures in an email that might make it clearer. @@mrpete222
Just got the board. It has a sunflower engraved but I'll face that down. It really looks good.
This may just inspire me to set up my exact Unimat!
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The iPhone seems clear n crisp
You could have drilled the mount holes for the lathe through the wood, the counter sunk the bolts in the wood, then you wouldn’t have needed the wood screws, or the narrow threaded bolts.
Morning Lyle
Thanks again
Well done. I'm going to copy your ideas!
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Very interesting project mrpete.Thank you.
I'm stick'n with you,thanks for the video🤗😎🤗😎
Thanks for watching!
Perfect video. Lasted exactly one cup of coffee.
Perfect!
By the way, really enjoyed the video and jocularly
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I know what you mean about the cost of metal at big box stores. It is outrageous as is asking a 75 year old man for ID to make sure I am over 21 to buy a can of spraypaint. My soarce of angle iron has been bed frames found by the curb. It works for me, but is hard to cut and drill and to thin to tap.
I want to bought 40 bed frames from a motel just for the angles. Then I took it all to the high school and proceeded to ruin three bandsaw blades before I realized how hard it was.
@@mrpete222Same for rebar. Don’t try to cut it with a bandsaw. Not even BI-Metal.
Abom might add a hoist and a DRO.
lol
My unimat 3 is bolted down to an old offcut of worktop, probably the piece cut out for the sink
Mr Pete this is Jim Kaiser I have some questions about the head of that machine the South bend vertical meal that you have I have an exact copy. Can you buy a s Nut for that machine I have three z Collets and a set of s Collets. Also looking for a owner's manual for maintenance. I also have an old van Norman and another old horizontal a Cincinnati
Please ask these questions again in my email account. I cannot list the email address here. You need to retrieve it from the following video of mine.
Winter special Mr. Pete machine shop video courses
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don't paint the plate it will just scratch and look like crap if it had paint on it.
I love those magnifying lamps I have a few of them.
Sound is 5 by 5
mr.pete! i need some help identifying a old lathe head stock i have and i didn't know anyone better then you, how can i get ahold of youbif you wouldn't mind helping
Can I ask about the base on yours, what is it made from? Mine is an older DB200 MK2 and is cast iron and pretty heavy. Heck, I'll toss it on the bathroom scale, 10-1/2 lbs, just the lathe, with a chuck and no base attached and nothing on the tailstock. Seem like I read they started casting them in aluminum? Maybe that was why my box fell apart. It was really heavy with all the attachments and the vertical drill post.
Mine is aluminum, I wish it was cast-iron, very lightweight, very flimsy, and lacking substance. I had to mount it on a steel plate to keep it from walking around.
I don't think they made the cast iron ones for very long. The bottom on mine is kinda narrow and is still back heavy because of the motor (it's an older style black motor too). Once the aluminum one is on a base it shouldn't be a problem. They both need a base.@@mrpete222
“Gorgeous Radii” LOL 🤣 Uh-huh… we call em “gorgeous curves” around here…