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[mklotz]

Hi Marv
Can you please post a quick sketch of the improved vernier idea.

Here you go...

[Melkal]

Merv,
Thank you. A picture.....
Now I can start looking thru the plumbing fitting
box.
Mel

[mklotz]

Merv,
Thank you. A picture.....
Now I can start looking thru the plumbing fitting
box.
Mel

Mal,

Good luck

Marv

[Melkal]

Thanks Marv,
I found a unused pipe Union in my box of tricks and modified it to your idea. I think in use it will need a few short rods in the fitting to move it more easily. Now on to the DI holder but I need a few bits. You may notice the mill adapter is upside down, because unbeknownst to me, the Unimat model I have needed a through hole in the base, when I found it on EBay I didn't know there were two different types, so I just dated it. Heck, I don't even really know which model I really have, there's no marking on the tag. In fact to get the mill head pinned I drilled out the mill head casting. But, it works. I will send you a photo privately, you can post it, for some reason I cannot, but I'm using an iPad.
Thanks again,
Mel

[mklotz]

I copied it from your email to my hard disk and then tried uploading it using the standard procedure. As seen below, it seemed to work. The photo you emailed has a size of 657 KB. Is it possible you were trying to upload a larger version? There may be a limit on upload size.

Try uploading some test pictures until you understand the procedure. If you need help contact Jon; he's always ready to help.

[Paul Jones]

Mel,

I did a make-over to the Unimat SL that has a dedicated milling head located at the rear center of the lathe ways. The milling head modification has a fine adjustment using another spare left-hand thread Unimat lead screw with its own handle and has a digital depth gage for setting and measuring the vertical movement.

The following two photos shows the Unimat milling head modification. It works very well and can do vertical plunge milling under power without disturbing the x-y directions.



More detailed photos about this Unimat SL milling head addition can be found at http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...00-lathe-10111 .

Regards,

Paul Jones