Excellent small filing machine and very nicely made. I often used a large floor standing filing machine when I was a toolmaker. It was very quick and easy to rough out the die blocks on punch and die press tools prior to hand finishing.
Great build Simon used a motor mounted one fifty years ago when an apprentice to file 16 SWG plate used as templates for a 10 to 1 pantograph for die making. Will have to buy castings and build one.
What a interesting build. That would be such a useful addition to my Myford Super 7 lathe. Umm, I can see a future project in the offing. Thank you for showing it. Your finished build looks perfect. 👏👏👍😀
Very neat and the motion looks really smooth. You have made a fine job of it. Hmmm, I wonder if it would fit on my sc4 lathe? As I recall the distance from my cross slide to centre is around 60mm.
Easy to make it fit, I think I would mount it direct on the bed with a spacer block to get it to the right height. The centre height is not critical, 1/2” either way won’t make a difference.
This leaves me to wonder if I can convert the jigsaw attachment for the Unimat SL into a die filer. Same concept, it attaches and driven by the headstock. The only problem is finding small enough files and how to attach them.
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I've always kept my eye out for a die filing machine but have seen very few available. I never thought about a kit, but I might now!
Top notch Simon! Thanks. Folks like you are a real inspiration.
Kind of you to say so.
Excellent small filing machine and very nicely made. I often used a large floor standing filing machine when I was a toolmaker. It was very quick and easy to rough out the die blocks on punch and die press tools prior to hand finishing.
Great build Simon used a motor mounted one fifty years ago when an apprentice to file 16 SWG plate used as templates for a 10 to 1 pantograph for die making. Will have to buy castings and build one.
What a interesting build. That would be such a useful addition to my Myford Super 7 lathe. Umm, I can see a future project in the offing. Thank you for showing it. Your finished build looks perfect. 👏👏👍😀
A fine example of this useful tool. I plan to get the kit and build one myself, once I finally finish the George Thomas Versatile Dividing Head.
Very good build and well explained! I do prefer separate machines for certain jobs though. Just my opinion
Very neat and the motion looks really smooth. You have made a fine job of it. Hmmm, I wonder if it would fit on my sc4 lathe? As I recall the distance from my cross slide to centre is around 60mm.
Easy to make it fit, I think I would mount it direct on the bed with a spacer block to get it to the right height. The centre height is not critical, 1/2” either way won’t make a difference.
That looks very nice!
This leaves me to wonder if I can convert the jigsaw attachment for the Unimat SL into a die filer. Same concept, it attaches and driven by the headstock. The only problem is finding small enough files and how to attach them.
I am considering buying the kit but I only have an ML10. Would you expect me to get that bow perfectly straight on such a small machine?
@@ProductiveSam Should be fine, just get everything lined up as best you can.
Where do you purchase the reversed files?
They are not reverse files, standard files mounted by the opposite end to the tang. Large files held by a screw, needle files are soft soldered.
Now you can treat yourself to a fly press to go with it.