Most welcome for the Lathe Mr Pete. Glad to see/hear so much enthusiasm!. Glad to hand it off not only to someone that will use it, but will show it off to the rest of the world. Cheers. Bill.
Hello Bill. Believe it or not, I was just getting ready to send you an email. Be sure and read through every last one of the comments. Quite a few people have thanked you and are giving you credit. And I thank you once again.
Thank you Bill and thank you Mr. Pete. I inherited one of these from my Father-in-law and it inspired me to learn more about machining . I never had shop class in high school, but I wish Mr. Pete was my teacher if I did.
I’ve gone broke several times purchasing attachments on eBay for mine. A threading attachment, the jewelers collet system and the feed attachment are very desirable extras to acquire. I love mine, and there is very little content on TH-cam for them, so your series will be very welcome. I alerted the Unimat Facebook group that you posted this, so hopefully you’ll get lots of new viewers.
That is so cool. Congratulation and Bill is owed a big Thank You from all of us for the apparent happiness he has bestowed upon you and your many viewers! A happy ,excited Mr Pete is fun for all of us too😅
Love it Mr Pete, I run a Clausing 14-48, South Bend 9”, and Rockwell 10” but this small stuff really grabs my interest, so much to explore and learn, I’m just sad I’m running out of years. Thanks for everything you do wish I knew you as a friend.
With utmost respect, the timbre of your voice in the older clip serves to remind us of your hard work and dedication to your craft and all of the years that you have served us so well through your youtube channel. Thanks Mr Pete !
About 50 years ago, I used one of these to make a short run of teflon bushings for a boat factory where I was working. They had made some over-sized aluminum windshield frames and the normal sized bushings resulted in a over-tight assembly. We had the Unimat at home, so I took some stock home and made custom bushings on it. They were really pleased and gave me a nice pat on the back - didn't pay me for my time though. I guess I learned a couple of things that day!
Always saw these advertised in Boys Life, Mechanics illustrated, and other popular periodicals of the late50s early 60s. In 1990 discovered my neighbor had one that I convinced him to sell me. Used it when I worked on aircraft in the next couple decades. It is sitting on my bench right now. I've been using vacuum cleaner drive bands and oil filter o-ring gaskets for replacement belts. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I love mine.
Mr. Pete, thank you for all the content that you share with all of us. I can't begin to tell you the amount of enjoyment that it brings into my life. I'm utterly fascinated by all of it. In addition, I love the mini lathe/mill.
Thank you for your video. In the early 70’s my father had a friend that was from Germany. On a trip home he brought my dad a unimat back with him. There were many steam engines and cannon barrels accredited to that little lathe. It brings back many fond memories of my dad.
For those with the patience, they are capable machines. There is also a thread-cutting system available, and combined with the angle-setting headstock, you can turn taper threads! One of the features of the 3-jaw chuck is its jaws are reversible, so you don't need separate inside and outside jaws. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
What a nice donation Lyle, Wow! I was never interested in these little lathes until you stated showing and sharing them. Yes, a Double Thumbs Up to Bill for his donation, Thx Bill from Bear in Tx., This will keep Lyle busy for a while,,hehe!
It’s still cold up here. In fact, we have not received mail in three or four days. I just got back from lost Creek machine. I took some dimensions off of their unimat for a part I need to make Then I did a complete video shop tour of their store. Very comprehensive with no narration, watch for that. It will leave you drooling. Stay warm.
I got one of these in the 1970's(??) and have used it a LOT over the years. Also have the milling table, threading attachment, power feed, machine vice, etc. The box with all the cutters, boring bar, cutoff tool, etc. is exactly like mine, all of which I use. Still have the rather flimsy wooden box it came in along with literature. The only thing that ever went wrong was the on/off switch broke a number of years ago and had to wire in a generic toggle switch. Awesome gift and really cool to see this!
I know the level of excitement you have in receiving this wonderful gift. I remember the excitement I had in just receiving the Emco catalog years ago. Thanks, Mr Pete!
I can't remember anyone getting all excited about a Unimat as much as you. I don't have as many accessories as you, but I have the automatic feed (neener neener). I'm old, but not as old as you, or I'd leave my Unimat to you. It has been sitting in a tool box for 49 years. It is an old friend and taught me machining.
I got one of these about 35+ years ago as my "at home" lathe and did a ton of stuff on it. Yes, it had limitations, but could handle aluminum and plastics with no problems. When I found the Atlas/Craftsman 12-24 of my dreams, I sold the Unimat to buy a couple chucks.
That was a very generous donation to the cause! The Unimat is great little machine. While I haven't used mine much since getting my Logan, I'm currently using it for a project, and relearning it's idiosyncrasies.
Love the cute little Unimat. I’d heard the name but never seen one before. Looks well made and high precision, maybe better than the Mansons. Looking forward to seeing some miniature work from these two. Hat’s off to Bill Kirkland.
👍Thank you for throwing out the box first!! 😊 My brother in law gave me one of these way back in 1980. It was to small for my needs, but I did like it. Eventually gave it to my son. Have fun with it.
Nice little lathe, I picked up an Emco compact 5 (CNC version) at auction many years ago now, thats what got me started in machining (well making swarf anyway😀). One of the best purchases I've ever made, also one of the best bargains (paid £200 for a listed new price of £7000 at the time)
I had one of these but sold it and upgraded to a Emco Mentor and never regretted it. I can do everything on the bigger lathe using collets and in all honestly more accurately so I have to agree with those who used to say my Unimat was just a toy but it was much better than nothing for sure.
Thanks to Bill Kirkland for the kind donation for our entertainment, education. Looking forward to the videos. Spending the VERY cold PA day catching up on videos.
I have two of them. The first one was a rusted, sloppily painted mess. I have cleaned and painted it and it now works perfectly. The second one came from northwestern Illinois and is in beautiful condition. I bought it because it has a powered carriage. I am looking forward to seeing your videos.
Looking forward to following along with your videos on this little lathe. I have a Unimat 3, identical to the one in your old video clip, and it gets tons of use in my engineering department, as I keep it at my desk. We use it for modifying prototype parts for the medical devices that we design. Going to soon add the Sherline lathe and milling attachment that I am restoring and tooling up to my office as well. We can't let the machinists in the shop have all the fun... It's also a great experience for the newest engineers to learn how to use it.
There's a pretty big Unimat hobbyist community and we're certainly going to enjoy any videos you make about it. I see you've got the headstock riser block, which increases the swing by 40mm. Emco never made a riser for the tailstock, but there is a 3D file for printing a tail stock riser kicking around the Interwebs. You're also missing the power feed, which is one of the most useful accessories.
Thanks Bill! Thanks Pete! Y'all are awesome. I'm a machinist and have a mini lathe and mill at home. Unimats are just so cool. Love the content keep up the great work!
When I was in my early teens, my friend’s older brother had one of these. He wouldn’t let us near it! I don’t blame him (I did then). When I went to Stuyvesant High School in the mid 1960s, I took machine shop as an elective ( I had to take a year of drafting). After we learned to make the usual screw and nut, plus other operations on the South Bend heavy 10, our project was to build a copy of this lathe. I still have it. A bit later on, Unimat came out with the Unimat 3, which I bought with the milling accessory and a bunch of others such as the dividing head. A great little lathe. But the problem with these is the underpowered motor which is indeed basically a sewing machine motor, 1/10th horsepower. It makes working with these lathes excruciating. It’s really almost impossible to use the full capacity, unless you’re a glutton for punishment. People have put larger motors on them and it dies work, but I ended up just getting larger lathes and still occasionally use this for fine, small parts.
You were not kidding!! That was quick!! 😀👍 Looking forward to the next videos on this lathe. I keep looking at them... I don't need another lathe, but they look so cool.
Im so glad I went back and paused the video to see the small lathes at 3:34. My machine shop here in Walker County Alabama is also Lost Creek Machine. Just a one man shop but its cool to just happen to see that.
Wow, a Unimat lathe, are you kidding me. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on one of these lathes for years now but it’s all about the money and I don’t have the money. One of these days I’ll get my hands on one.
Looks just like the one I got in the 1970's, but with a few accessories. I do not think it was to be used for milling, but for drilling. I see the helical spring is extended, which is probably why the lathe would not fit in the box without disassembly. Diagonal placement may also be a possibility. I bought mine for a single job on a small gear for my forklift, which was extraordinarily expensive from the manufacrurer. Paid for itself and seldom used since, just up on the shelf. It is a serious tool for the intended applications. BTW, the small round bars are for tightening the chuck, the holes are there. I tried to locate accessories a number of years ago, but was largely unsucessful. Too bad. My box was of plywood construction, and I don't remember if it had finger jounts, but it had delaminations over time. Hope you have a chance to enjoy this beautiful little too.
Unimat flashbacks haha, they look to be in good condition. Looking forward to the teacher correcting all my past mistakes. Thanks Lyle for this awesome series!
I've had one for a long time, the box was oil soaked and kinda gave up (got it like that), but I did get a whole bunch of attachments (I've never seen that saw table). If you look at the front of the headstock there is a little bolt on yours to keep the alignment. Mine was before that and I wish it had it. I have the collet holder, but none of the collets. They are E16 and ER16 is standard now, bought a set, they fit, except longer, and the nut won't start. I have used it many times for real small stuff, carried it to work a bunch of times to fix some things. I did make an adapter for a 0-1/2" drill chuck that was handy. You'll need a metric tap that matches the spindle and the tailstock thread (M12x1.0). I seated a ball bearing inside the chuck adapter I made that mates to the tapered opening on the end of the tailstock shaft to tighten it. Oh and I adapted a small live center I bought. Seems like all the accessories use different threads or diameters than what's common now and it's all metric so more difficult to make. I did clean up some electronic copies of the documents, I'll email you a copy of those.
Too bad there isn't a place for two thumbs up, one for Bill and one for you Mr. Pete. Now I want one of those lathes! I will be watching for more videos on this one.
That Manson lathe you borrowed from Lost Creek Machine has a $950 I don't want to sell price on it!!! I built a lathe back when I was 13 years old modeled after the Unimat lathe. I'll have to send you a picture of it. Thanks for sharing, Ken
Mr. Pete: It is SOP that one ALWAYS removes the motor when putting the unit in the box for shipping. (It is not because it would not fit when assembled/) The bracket that holds the pullies is too weak is too support the weight of the motor and will crack it if the box gets dropped or jarred. Jerry F.
Hi My dad owned one of these lathes, most of the stuff he had you have, it ended up being mine, by then the original belts gave out. I bought a set from eBay (poly) but they caused so much load on the motor that it would hardly work. I never did find belts that would work like the new ones. I finally gave it to my good friend. even new it was pretty gutless but my dad loved it Rich
When the O ring belt on my mini high speed drill press snapped I made one out of string. I wrapped the string around the pulleys a bunch of times to build up inner cords then I put a tightly stacked lacing knots over all of that. As tight as I could make them. So you can't even see the inner cords. I used some tough job site string line as the string. Which may be why it worked? It was pretty nice string from the get go.
I have one of those Austrian Unimats, just like the one in this video, also in its wooden case. It is very light duty--the newer Unimat 3 you picture looks like it could do much more. I'm pretty sure that is indeed a repurposed sewing machine motor used on these. One thing I have with mine that I really like is a lead screw attachment you can use for automatic feed. I bought mine over 20 years ago from an engineer. Looking forward to watching future videos, as mine came with no documentation and it will be helpful to see someone else's tricks and techniques.
What a fantastic little lathe, and all those accessories too, I would just love one of these, I'm liking this new series Mr Pete, and well done Bill for providing us with the chance to see this wonderful piece of miniature machinery, great stuff!
Very excited to see what projects you come up with. The Unimat is so tiny that many of the projects we see here on youtube just won’t work. FYI Sherline makes a 4 jaw for the DB / SL which is a lot cheaper than an original.
Great introductory video. I look forward to the subsequent ones. I have the larger Emco V10P. It is beautifully crafted and well suited for the little odds and ends that I make.
5 below, gosh I forget how cold it gets there and I don't miss it one bit. I spent a few years in Wixom and Dearborn, hated the winters. It's a cute little lathe and still in good nick, good on ya Bill.
I'm looking forward to more videos on the Unimat. I have my grandfather's Unimat that he bought new while stationed in England in the 60's. I'd love to learn more about these machines and see if I can get more use out of Granddad's Unimat.
I always wanted one and found one at a garage sell. When you need a small lathe it is great. My next bigger lathe is a Southbend 13 its chucks wount even go small enough to hold the stuff i have done on the Unimat. Its one of those things i dont plan on ever getting rid of.
That is like the one I own. Yours came with some accesories mine didn't come with. It was my introduction to lathes. I will be looking out for the next videos. Maybe I'll take mine out of storage and give it a revisit.
Nice litle unimat, I once owned the Unimat 3 witch i buy new for 45 years ago at the time 1000 gulden that would be 800 dollar at the time. make parts for model airplanes and boats . turning brass was oke steel was a pain but with 0.05 mm cutting dept works well. Changed it for a 8x24 Ferm what seems to be an Shenwai SW-350 wich a still own and use. Keep up the nice work, love your shop talk and products.
It probably looks so good because the original owner got fed up with all the Metric parts, so packed it up to return but forgot about it... It was made about 12 years before the Metric System was introduced in Canada, and it still wasn't really mainstream until the 90's...
Most welcome for the Lathe Mr Pete. Glad to see/hear so much enthusiasm!. Glad to hand it off not only to someone that will use it, but will show it off to the rest of the world. Cheers. Bill.
Hello Bill. Believe it or not, I was just getting ready to send you an email. Be sure and read through every last one of the comments. Quite a few people have thanked you and are giving you credit. And I thank you once again.
Thank you Bill and thank you Mr. Pete. I inherited one of these from my Father-in-law and it inspired me to learn more about machining . I never had shop class in high school, but I wish Mr. Pete was my teacher if I did.
Good on you Mr. Bill Kirkland for passing along the fine tools to our favorite TH-cam shop teacher. And thanks Mr. Pete for sharing as always. 👍
Thank you kindly
I’ve gone broke several times purchasing attachments on eBay for mine. A threading attachment, the jewelers collet system and the feed attachment are very desirable extras to acquire. I love mine, and there is very little content on TH-cam for them, so your series will be very welcome. I alerted the Unimat Facebook group that you posted this, so hopefully you’ll get lots of new viewers.
Thanks for sharing
That is so cool. Congratulation and Bill is owed a big Thank You from all of us for the apparent happiness he has bestowed upon you and your many viewers! A happy ,excited Mr Pete is fun for all of us too😅
Kudos for Bill Kirkland ! what an awesome little lathe and tooling package !
Looking forward the series 👍
Added bonus, no rigging company needed 🙂
Right on
Love it Mr Pete, I run a Clausing 14-48, South Bend 9”, and Rockwell 10” but this small stuff really grabs my interest, so much to explore and learn, I’m just sad I’m running out of years. Thanks for everything you do wish I knew you as a friend.
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With utmost respect, the timbre of your voice in the older clip serves to remind us of your hard work and dedication to your craft and all of the years that you have served us so well through your youtube channel. Thanks Mr Pete !
Wow, thank you!
About 50 years ago, I used one of these to make a short run of teflon bushings for a boat factory where I was working. They had made some over-sized aluminum windshield frames and the normal sized bushings resulted in a over-tight assembly. We had the Unimat at home, so I took some stock home and made custom bushings on it. They were really pleased and gave me a nice pat on the back - didn't pay me for my time though. I guess I learned a couple of things that day!
Always saw these advertised in Boys Life, Mechanics illustrated, and other popular periodicals of the late50s early 60s. In 1990 discovered my neighbor had one that I convinced him to sell me. Used it when I worked on aircraft in the next couple decades. It is sitting on my bench right now. I've been using vacuum cleaner drive bands and oil filter o-ring gaskets for replacement belts. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I love mine.
Mr. Pete, thank you for all the content that you share with all of us. I can't begin to tell you the amount of enjoyment that it brings into my life. I'm utterly fascinated by all of it. In addition, I love the mini lathe/mill.
Wow, thank you
Nice gift, Mr. Pete and nice video. What a difference in your voice on the older clip
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Thank you for your video.
In the early 70’s my father had a friend that was from Germany.
On a trip home he brought my dad a unimat back with him.
There were many steam engines and cannon barrels accredited to that little lathe.
It brings back many fond memories of my dad.
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For those with the patience, they are capable machines. There is also a thread-cutting system available, and combined with the angle-setting headstock, you can turn taper threads!
One of the features of the 3-jaw chuck is its jaws are reversible, so you don't need separate inside and outside jaws.
Looking forward to the rest of the series.
What a generous gift from Bill . I can't wait to follow more on this Mr. Pete . You are a jewel to watch 👍
Thank you kindly
What a nice donation Lyle, Wow! I was never interested in these little lathes until you stated showing and sharing them. Yes, a Double Thumbs Up to Bill for his donation, Thx Bill from Bear in Tx., This will keep Lyle busy for a while,,hehe!
It’s still cold up here. In fact, we have not received mail in three or four days.
I just got back from lost Creek machine. I took some dimensions off of their unimat for a part I need to make
Then I did a complete video shop tour of their store. Very comprehensive with no narration, watch for that. It will leave you drooling. Stay warm.
I got one of these in the 1970's(??) and have used it a LOT over the years. Also have the milling table, threading attachment, power feed, machine vice, etc. The box with all the cutters, boring bar, cutoff tool, etc. is exactly like mine, all of which I use. Still have the rather flimsy wooden box it came in along with literature. The only thing that ever went wrong was the on/off switch broke a number of years ago and had to wire in a generic toggle switch. Awesome gift and really cool to see this!
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Very much looking forward to seeing more of this lathe. Thank you Mr Kirkland!
You can have some fun with the lathe. Very nice of Bill to donate.
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Thank you so much Mr. Bill Kirkland. I am very excited to finally learn how to use this little lathe!
I know the level of excitement you have in receiving this wonderful gift. I remember the excitement I had in just receiving the Emco catalog years ago.
Thanks, Mr Pete!
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I can't remember anyone getting all excited about a Unimat as much as you. I don't have as many accessories as you, but I have the automatic feed (neener neener). I'm old, but not as old as you, or I'd leave my Unimat to you. It has been sitting in a tool box for 49 years. It is an old friend and taught me machining.
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Thanks Bill I’m looking forward to Mr Pete giving us the in depth look at this little lathe .
I have a Unimat exactly like this one. I bought it back in the 1960s when I was a teenager from Allied Radio. It has served me well for many years.
I remember them from the old Allied catalogs
I got one of these about 35+ years ago as my "at home" lathe and did a ton of stuff on it. Yes, it had limitations, but could handle aluminum and plastics with no problems. When I found the Atlas/Craftsman 12-24 of my dreams, I sold the Unimat to buy a couple chucks.
That was a very generous donation to the cause! The Unimat is great little machine. While I haven't used mine much since getting my Logan, I'm currently using it for a project, and relearning it's idiosyncrasies.
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Mr Pete, I'm watching from south of Springfield IL... cold, cold, cold. That is awesome, like a tiny Shopsmith. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Love the cute little Unimat. I’d heard the name but never seen one before. Looks well made and high precision, maybe better than the Mansons. Looking forward to seeing some miniature work from these two. Hat’s off to Bill Kirkland.
Thank you Mr. Pete!
Thanks for sharing 👍
Fantastic, Mr Pete. I'm 70 now, but my school friend's dad had one in his shed.
👍Thank you for throwing out the box first!! 😊
My brother in law gave me one of these way back in 1980. It was to small for my needs, but I did like it. Eventually gave it to my son.
Have fun with it.
It’s very painful to watch someone slowly and methodically cut a box open.
Heres a thumbs up to Mr Bill Kirkland very kind of you, Hey Mr Pete this was my very first lathe, many yrs ago 🇬🇧👍.
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Nice little lathe, I picked up an Emco compact 5 (CNC version) at auction many years ago now, thats what got me started in machining (well making swarf anyway😀). One of the best purchases I've ever made, also one of the best bargains (paid £200 for a listed new price of £7000 at the time)
Very nice!
The unimat is an awesome little lathe ;)
Looking forward to see your videos.
Quite the donation/gift from Mr Kirkland.
Look forward to seeing more about these little lathes.
I had one of these but sold it and upgraded to a Emco Mentor and never regretted it. I can do everything on the bigger lathe using collets and in all honestly more accurately so I have to agree with those who used to say my Unimat was just a toy but it was much better than nothing for sure.
Thanks to Bill Kirkland for the kind donation for our entertainment, education. Looking forward to the videos. Spending the VERY cold PA day catching up on videos.
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That thing is neat. What a cool donation from Bill..
That is an interesting little lathe. I don't think I have ever seen one in person. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.
Thanks for watching!
I have two of them. The first one was a rusted, sloppily painted mess. I have cleaned and painted it and it now works perfectly. The second one came from northwestern Illinois and is in beautiful condition. I bought it because it has a powered carriage. I am looking forward to seeing your videos.
What an awesome gift. Thank you Bill. I have want one of these for a long time. Cant wait to see you put it to use.
It made my day to see you so happy. Can't wait to see the videos on this lathe.
Thumbs up to Bill Kirkland to allow a great shop teacher to show us this unimat lathe.
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Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing, and Bill, thank you for sharing! God bless!
Thanks for sharing Lyle. Stay warm, be well.
What a fine looking little lathe. Really looking forward to more on this one. You misspoke at 4:20. That's the blade guard, not the fence. 🙂
Looking forward to following along with your videos on this little lathe.
I have a Unimat 3, identical to the one in your old video clip, and it gets tons of use in my engineering department, as I keep it at my desk. We use it for modifying prototype parts for the medical devices that we design. Going to soon add the Sherline lathe and milling attachment that I am restoring and tooling up to my office as well.
We can't let the machinists in the shop have all the fun... It's also a great experience for the newest engineers to learn how to use it.
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Looks like a lot of fun Thank for the video
There's a pretty big Unimat hobbyist community and we're certainly going to enjoy any videos you make about it.
I see you've got the headstock riser block, which increases the swing by 40mm. Emco never made a riser for the tailstock, but there is a 3D file for printing a tail stock riser kicking around the Interwebs.
You're also missing the power feed, which is one of the most useful accessories.
Thank you, I was wondering what that thing was. Yes, I would love to have a power feed. In fact, I may attempt to make a Peterson version of it.
Thanks Bill! Thanks Pete! Y'all are awesome. I'm a machinist and have a mini lathe and mill at home. Unimats are just so cool. Love the content keep up the great work!
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Hey that's a peach. Happy turning Lyle. Great video thumbs up.
Thanks 👍
I have an EMCO v10 lathe with milling head. Lovely machine. I really like your Unimat. Should be fun content!
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I just picked up two V10p's at an estate sale and am currently restoring them! Very nice machines!
Awesome little lathe, looking forward to seeing you get it up and running. Keep up the good work Mrpete 👍👍👍👍
When I was in my early teens, my friend’s older brother had one of these. He wouldn’t let us near it! I don’t blame him (I did then). When I went to Stuyvesant High School in the mid 1960s, I took machine shop as an elective ( I had to take a year of drafting). After we learned to make the usual screw and nut, plus other operations on the South Bend heavy 10, our project was to build a copy of this lathe. I still have it. A bit later on, Unimat came out with the Unimat 3, which I bought with the milling accessory and a bunch of others such as the dividing head. A great little lathe. But the problem with these is the underpowered motor which is indeed basically a sewing machine motor, 1/10th horsepower. It makes working with these lathes excruciating. It’s really almost impossible to use the full capacity, unless you’re a glutton for punishment. People have put larger motors on them and it dies work, but I ended up just getting larger lathes and still occasionally use this for fine, small parts.
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Great little lathe. Looking forward to the future video's of this thing in action. 😃
You were not kidding!! That was quick!! 😀👍 Looking forward to the next videos on this lathe. I keep looking at them... I don't need another lathe, but they look so cool.
More to come!
Great video Mr Pete I am looking forward for the Unimat micro lathe action .
I own one of those. Very happy that this series is happening!
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I live 3 hours away from the other Ottawa. Wonderful city, world's longest skateway, and lots of museums. Great day trip.
Very cool!
Lots of his videos I watch and like just because if Mr. Pete is going to the trouble of making them, we all have an obligation to watch them.
Thank you very very much
Im so glad I went back and paused the video to see the small lathes at 3:34. My machine shop here in Walker County Alabama is also Lost Creek Machine. Just a one man shop but its cool to just happen to see that.
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Thanks Lyle, and Bill. Awesome little lathe!
Can't wait till this series! Really looking forward to this. Have a great week.
Very nice of Bill. I like the way you do the box opening Mr Pete. Lol
Wow, a Unimat lathe, are you kidding me. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on one of these lathes for years now but it’s all about the money and I don’t have the money. One of these days I’ll get my hands on one.
Be patient, they say there are almost 200,000 of them manufactured over the years
Looks just like the one I got in the 1970's, but with a few accessories. I do not think it was to be used for milling, but for drilling. I see the helical spring is extended, which is probably why the lathe would not fit in the box without disassembly. Diagonal placement may also be a possibility. I bought mine for a single job on a small gear for my forklift, which was extraordinarily expensive from the manufacrurer. Paid for itself and seldom used since, just up on the shelf. It is a serious tool for the intended applications. BTW, the small round bars are for tightening the chuck, the holes are there. I tried to locate accessories a number of years ago, but was largely unsucessful. Too bad. My box was of plywood construction, and I don't remember if it had finger jounts, but it had delaminations over time. Hope you have a chance to enjoy this beautiful little too.
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I have the unimat 3- I bought it from new in about the 1980's, great little lathes- by no means are they toys despite the small size.
Unimat flashbacks haha, they look to be in good condition. Looking forward to the teacher correcting all my past mistakes. Thanks Lyle for this awesome series!
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I've had one for a long time, the box was oil soaked and kinda gave up (got it like that), but I did get a whole bunch of attachments (I've never seen that saw table). If you look at the front of the headstock there is a little bolt on yours to keep the alignment. Mine was before that and I wish it had it. I have the collet holder, but none of the collets. They are E16 and ER16 is standard now, bought a set, they fit, except longer, and the nut won't start. I have used it many times for real small stuff, carried it to work a bunch of times to fix some things. I did make an adapter for a 0-1/2" drill chuck that was handy. You'll need a metric tap that matches the spindle and the tailstock thread (M12x1.0). I seated a ball bearing inside the chuck adapter I made that mates to the tapered opening on the end of the tailstock shaft to tighten it. Oh and I adapted a small live center I bought. Seems like all the accessories use different threads or diameters than what's common now and it's all metric so more difficult to make. I did clean up some electronic copies of the documents, I'll email you a copy of those.
Good for you, Mr. Pete! 👍Bill.
Too bad there isn't a place for two thumbs up, one for Bill and one for you Mr. Pete. Now I want one of those lathes! I will be watching for more videos on this one.
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I love these micro machines.
Awesome gift! I cannot wait to see future videos on the unimat!
Coming soon!
Wow thats a nice kit looking forward to all the new videos thanks Mr pete 👍
I can picture all the hours of enjoyment.
That is a cool little machine, Mr. Pete. Your excitement is obvious in your video, have fun with it today, stay warm.!
Thank you, I will
@mrpete222 It was 15 degrees in Bandera, TX this morning. I'll take 95 degrees over this anyday.
This looks to be a good series. Looking forward to it! Thanks to Bill Kirkland for helping you channel.
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I always thought I would have one of these as my first lathe but it never happened that way. I'm still intrigued by them though. Thanks for the video!
That Manson lathe you borrowed from Lost Creek Machine has a $950 I don't want to sell price on it!!! I built a lathe back when I was 13 years old modeled after the Unimat lathe. I'll have to send you a picture of it. Thanks for sharing, Ken
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I was drooling over these on ebay a couple of decades past and never pulled the trigger. They're unobtainium now.
Mr. Pete: It is SOP that one ALWAYS removes the motor when putting the unit in the box for shipping. (It is not because it would not fit when assembled/) The bracket that holds the pullies is too weak is too support the weight of the motor and will crack it if the box gets dropped or jarred.
Jerry F.
When I mounted the motor on the machine, I was thinking that sure is a thin bracket
Hi My dad owned one of these lathes, most of the stuff he had you have, it ended up being mine, by then the original belts gave out. I bought a set from eBay (poly) but they caused so much load on the motor that it would hardly work. I never did find belts that would work like the new ones. I finally gave it to my good friend.
even new it was pretty gutless but my dad loved it
Rich
When the O ring belt on my mini high speed drill press snapped I made one out of string. I wrapped the string around the pulleys a bunch of times to build up inner cords then I put a tightly stacked lacing knots over all of that. As tight as I could make them. So you can't even see the inner cords. I used some tough job site string line as the string. Which may be why it worked? It was pretty nice string from the get go.
I have one of those Austrian Unimats, just like the one in this video, also in its wooden case. It is very light duty--the newer Unimat 3 you picture looks like it could do much more. I'm pretty sure that is indeed a repurposed sewing machine motor used on these. One thing I have with mine that I really like is a lead screw attachment you can use for automatic feed. I bought mine over 20 years ago from an engineer. Looking forward to watching future videos, as mine came with no documentation and it will be helpful to see someone else's tricks and techniques.
I would like to make a motorized lead screw. I have lots more videos coming. It’s all new to me also.
Nice donation, great lathe, be nice to have.
have a great day
Oh boy time for some tiny chips. Thanks to Bill and Mr Pete!
learned what lathe chops I have on a Unimat S.L , with the milling attachment as well .... best regards Steve
What a fantastic little lathe, and all those accessories too, I would just love one of these, I'm liking this new series Mr Pete, and well done Bill for providing us with the chance to see this wonderful piece of miniature machinery, great stuff!
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Very excited to see what projects you come up with. The Unimat is so tiny that many of the projects we see here on youtube just won’t work. FYI Sherline makes a 4 jaw for the DB / SL which is a lot cheaper than an original.
Brian from Ma I got pretty excited can’t wait and as always I learned a bit Thanks Besafe
Great introductory video. I look forward to the subsequent ones. I have the larger Emco V10P. It is beautifully crafted and well suited for the little odds and ends that I make.
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So happy for you enjoy
Yay,
I have been waiting for this video for years!
Then, you are a very patient man, lol.
Thanks you both Mr.Kirkland andMrpete.
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5 below, gosh I forget how cold it gets there and I don't miss it one bit. I spent a few years in Wixom and Dearborn, hated the winters. It's a cute little lathe and still in good nick, good on ya Bill.
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That's a nice Little Bit of Kit you've got yourself there !
I'm looking forward to more videos on the Unimat. I have my grandfather's Unimat that he bought new while stationed in England in the 60's. I'd love to learn more about these machines and see if I can get more use out of Granddad's Unimat.
I always wanted one and found one at a garage sell. When you need a small lathe it is great. My next bigger lathe is a Southbend 13 its chucks wount even go small enough to hold the stuff i have done on the Unimat. Its one of those things i dont plan on ever getting rid of.
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That is like the one I own. Yours came with some accesories mine didn't come with. It was my introduction to lathes. I will be looking out for the next videos. Maybe I'll take mine out of storage and give it a revisit.
Nice litle unimat, I once owned the Unimat 3 witch i buy new for 45 years ago at the time 1000 gulden that would be 800 dollar at the time. make parts for model airplanes and boats . turning brass was oke steel was a pain but with 0.05 mm cutting dept works well.
Changed it for a 8x24 Ferm what seems to be an Shenwai SW-350 wich a still own and use.
Keep up the nice work, love your shop talk and products.
Lyle, please make a video going over the entire manual a page at a time. And remember: I flunked Shop and got an A in HomeEc.
Good idea, but I do not think it’s a Videos that anyone would watch
Well, I'm ancient enough that, being female, I wasn't allowed to take shop. So I really appreciate Mr. Pete!
It probably looks so good because the original owner got fed up with all the Metric parts, so packed it up to return but forgot about it... It was made about 12 years before the Metric System was introduced in Canada, and it still wasn't really mainstream until the 90's...