Good fun to see them working, I should imagine with all the accessories they were very expensive and do seem to be quite limited in what they can do. But that said most people would love to own one even if it was just for display.
I enjoyed this series. To use your word, I suspect many who purchased these ended up pouting when they discovered that they were limited for what it would do. But as you said, small work like small models and clocks would probably make the buyer pleased.
Thank you for showing the limitations of this tiny lathe. It has swayed my thoughts on the worth of a Manson lathe (for me). But as you stated, perhaps better suited for clockwork. Thanks again for this series.
So cool! I used to drool over a ten dollar? Micro lathe in the back of a magazine. Good thing I didn't have the ten bucks. Makes my wore out ol' 9 look like the workhorse it is. Neat series!
Lyle - A most interesting series, really enjoyed it. However I'm in agreement with Monk - would not want to replace either my Heavy 10 or Cincinnati lathe with one of these as I'm not into clock making or repair. Have a good weekend. Dale
Good morning Lyle, thanks for this series. I am enjoying the micro lathe in “action”. I think that old worn belt has to go if you really want to get any satisfactory results. Great use of a penny for scale.
Thanks Mr Pete for showing these machines and what they can do. I thought my 6" Atlas/Craftsman was small! Very interesting stuff, I always enjoy your videos.
i think if you have a stronger motor with a toothbelt and tighten the headstock bearring, it will will be a much better lathe to use. thanks for this series mrpete, i enjoyed it much. cheers ben.
i love how your bench looked like a scaled down machine shop with the lathes and mini drill press. i've wanted a mini lathe for a while now but despite the drawbacks i would love to have one like these little guys.
I think you’ll have better luck on the Unimat. There is a lot of support on the various Unimat forums and face book page. I sent you an email with a pdf of a Unimat project book, I hope you got a chance to see it.
Maybe this little lathe could use a new belt, or maybe the belt tension is adjustable? Maybe it needs MORE POWER! Maybe you could upgrade the motor? Of course it could be that this tiny lathe is really intended for scale model makers where the size of the workpieces are really small.
It's a very interesting documentary. I am from the Netherlands and have a number of state of the art watchmaker lathes ( Schaublin 70 and Boley). The machines you're showing here are very well made, solid, robust, old fashion quality so over a century one can still use them. Only use it what it is built for; small work, modelwork, clock work, instrument making etc. but not the heavy work you're showing. I enjoyed your effort very much ! Luc Bleckmann
Im only 60 years old and have really crappy vision and could use one of those magnifiers with a lamp. I want one of those mini mini lathes just for fun.
Excellent close-up photography. The Joe Martin Craftsmanship Museum has a full range of lathes from the Manson Miniature to the Hardinge Cataract in a video tour.
I cannot find a ManSon company at the California Secretary of State records. As they were in business in 1948, if they were a corporation the record would be there. Also, Lyle, you shouldn't be turning stock larger than 1/3 the diameter of that toy lathe. But, at least you spoke/reminded us about safety. Thanks.
Good video. The Unimat was my first lathe, and while it has it's limitations, I think I'd rather have a bare bones watchmaker's lathe than one of these. It just seems too much like a toy, with too few options. You'd have to to create a lot of tooling to make it useful, and replace the motor.
I have enjoyed these videos Mr Pete, but seeing you struggling with them they just don't compare to the Emco Unimat SL/DB. Will be interesting to see your video on the Unimat. Cheers Nobby
"Since this 3-jaw chuck weighs nearly a pound, it is way overscale." Adam used to make chips what weighed that much. Kinda puts this little lathe in perspective, doesn't it?
A truly disturbing piece of information came to my attention while watching the news this morning. AI has done Jonny Cash "barbie girl" th-cam.com/video/FKKGxySvaII/w-d-xo.html done with the strait blade socket. harden heat treat etc., ready for work. finished the 5 gal bucket rotary tumbler. it has interchangeable buckets for changing media. It is ugly and noisy but works well. I am in search of a crucible that I can use the forge to smelt aluminum and maybe brass. I get aluminum drops free at work. it is that small 88 dollar USA made forge. IDK
Thank you for showing these wonderful machines. Take care.
Still, pretty cool! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos!
I still would love to have one
Me too
Makes a guy happy to have a little Heavy Ten !
Good fun to see them working, I should imagine with all the accessories they were very expensive and do seem to be quite limited in what they can do. But that said most people would love to own one even if it was just for display.
I enjoyed this series. To use your word, I suspect many who purchased these ended up pouting when they discovered that they were limited for what it would do. But as you said, small work like small models and clocks would probably make the buyer pleased.
For large work, it would be a pouting disappointment. L O L.
Really enjoying this series. Have a great weekend!
Thank you for showing the limitations of this tiny lathe. It has swayed my thoughts on the worth of a Manson lathe (for me). But as you stated, perhaps better suited for clockwork. Thanks again for this series.
So cool!
I used to drool over a ten dollar? Micro lathe in the back of a magazine. Good thing I didn't have the ten bucks. Makes my wore out ol' 9 look like the workhorse it is.
Neat series!
Lyle - A most interesting series, really enjoyed it. However I'm in agreement with Monk - would not want to replace either my Heavy 10 or Cincinnati lathe with one of these as I'm not into clock making or repair. Have a good weekend. Dale
Interesting series,mrpete.Thank you.
Imagine a piece of stock the same scale in a full size lathe. I'm thinking pucker factor.
I like how the chips are right scale.
Well I now know that these are basically a curiosity and am glad that I passed one by a few years back. Great series Lyle!
Great job. Thank you 😊
Great stuff, MrPete. Very informative, I guess it would be comparable to turning 12" diameter stock in your Clausing. Doable but marginally.
Nice little lathe, would make brass lock key pins ok, most people just use a Dremal to cut pins.
Have a great day
Good morning Lyle, thanks for this series. I am enjoying the micro lathe in “action”. I think that old worn belt has to go if you really want to get any satisfactory results. Great use of a penny for scale.
Really fantastic demo. Thanks for doing this!
Thank you Mr Pete.
Thanks Mr Pete for showing these machines and what they can do. I thought my 6" Atlas/Craftsman was small! Very interesting stuff, I always enjoy your videos.
thank you Mr Pete !
Pretty neat little lathe.
i think if you have a stronger motor with a toothbelt and tighten the headstock bearring, it will will be a much better lathe to use.
thanks for this series mrpete, i enjoyed it much.
cheers ben.
I'd love to see this with sharp tools. Even with a tiny lathe, a decent finish can be had. Although, I've been spoiled by having used a Schaublin 70.
That thing is so cute!! I’m sure it will grow up and become a big lathe someday!!
i love how your bench looked like a scaled down machine shop with the lathes and mini drill press. i've wanted a mini lathe for a while now but despite the drawbacks i would love to have one like these little guys.
Thank you Mr. Pete.
I think you’ll have better luck on the Unimat. There is a lot of support on the various Unimat forums and face book page. I sent you an email with a pdf of a Unimat project book, I hope you got a chance to see it.
I’m not sure what happened to that PDF file. Can you please send it again. But send it to my email address, not to a comment. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing!
Maybe this little lathe could use a new belt, or maybe the belt tension is adjustable? Maybe it needs MORE POWER! Maybe you could upgrade the motor? Of course it could be that this tiny lathe is really intended for scale model makers where the size of the workpieces are really small.
It's a very interesting documentary. I am from the Netherlands and have a number of state of the art watchmaker lathes ( Schaublin 70 and Boley).
The machines you're showing here are very well made, solid, robust, old fashion quality so over a century one can still use them.
Only use it what it is built for; small work, modelwork, clock work, instrument making etc. but not the heavy work you're showing.
I enjoyed your effort very much !
Luc Bleckmann
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I regret that I have only ONE LIKE TO GIVE to all your videos! 👍😀😎
Wow, thanks
Wait until i show this to my Unimat! This has the same problem, so far underpowered its ornamental.
Im only 60 years old and have really crappy vision and could use one of those magnifiers with a lamp. I want one of those mini mini lathes just for fun.
I thought my sherlines was cool. This is awesome 👍
Excellent close-up photography. The Joe Martin Craftsmanship Museum has a full range of lathes from the Manson Miniature to the Hardinge Cataract in a video tour.
Thank you, I will check out that video
You’re welcome Mr. Pete. A small 4 jaw is sometimes useful to put in a 3 jaw to adjust out run-out. But who am I to tell you that 😂😂😂
Cute toy.
Oh my !!
Is that a Monarch 1.5" EE ?
NICE !!!
Thank you.
I cannot find a ManSon company at the California Secretary of State records. As they were in business in 1948, if they were a corporation the record would be there. Also, Lyle, you shouldn't be turning stock larger than 1/3 the diameter of that toy lathe. But, at least you spoke/reminded us about safety. Thanks.
This is the best
Good video. The Unimat was my first lathe, and while it has it's limitations, I think I'd rather have a bare bones watchmaker's lathe than one of these. It just seems too much like a toy, with too few options. You'd have to to create a lot of tooling to make it useful, and replace the motor.
I have enjoyed these videos Mr Pete, but seeing you struggling with them they just don't compare to the Emco Unimat SL/DB. Will be interesting to see your video on the Unimat. Cheers Nobby
Thanks again
"Since this 3-jaw chuck weighs nearly a pound, it is way overscale." Adam used to make chips what weighed that much. Kinda puts this little lathe in perspective, doesn't it?
Very Cool videos Mr. Pete.😊
You need to grind a chip breaker on your cutting tool haha thanks for the video🤗😎🤗😎
Could be good for making little plastic belaying pins for model sailing ships.
It’s not a Swiss precision jeweler’s lathe by any stretch but considering the skills and technology available when it was made it’s pretty good.
This machine looks more for hobbies, instead of regular work.
they are way smaller than my taig, so you need a cutting tool with a 02 radius and even then have a lot of patience
GoodLuckSir
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I think I could get at least 40 of those lathes on the chuck for my lathe. LOL
Wonder what happens with a real sharp brand new tool insert. Might work much better.
I would love to buy this from you Mr Pete
Would you sell it me . I jave s perfect place and ude for it. Thank you sir for sharing as always 👊👊
It’s not his. It’s on loan. Several have sold on eBay recently. Better get your wallet out though. They are not giving them away.
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Maybe with a modern DC motor and variable speed drive and new belt you'll have something capable.
I have a friend of in CA who is a watch and clock maker that would be interested in this. I'll have to send him the link to your videos.
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I keep offering you a 4 jaw chuck for the Unimat but you don’t reply back….
Mike
I thought that I did reply.
Thank you very much, but someone already sent me a fourjaw chuck.
Thank you very much
Should be Done with New thight belts and of cource its made for tiny works
Needs more power 😁
Well I don’t feel so bad about my Asian micro lathe
Too small for my hands and eyes
A truly disturbing piece of information came to my attention while watching the news this morning. AI has done Jonny Cash "barbie girl"
th-cam.com/video/FKKGxySvaII/w-d-xo.html
done with the strait blade socket. harden heat treat etc., ready for work. finished the 5 gal bucket rotary tumbler. it has interchangeable buckets for changing media. It is ugly and noisy but works well.
I am in search of a crucible that I can use the forge to smelt aluminum and maybe brass. I get aluminum drops free at work. it is that small 88 dollar USA made forge. IDK