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Thank you both for your assistance--Gerald-- a gold star for going the extra distance--I was tracking this down for a friend....

The ubiquitous # 5 and #8 gas jet... so what is the actual opening size or drill number that corresponds to these please? Thanks

I follow what you are aiming at -- In the picture - just below the wheel on the tail stock is a wheel on the farthest right hand extreme of the lead screw... No yellow handle on the wheel - just plain like the TS wheel. That is the wheel he is wondering why / or what it does... AM I right...

FWIW- if this is not the place to post this - Mod's please move me!! As I just got my Atlas 618 and did not know better - I originally bought the 1/2" link belting from Harbor Freight...got home...TOO big!! I had not picked up on the pulley size in reading posts on recommendations for linkbelts...

I am new but not that new--- she is not even wired to be plugged in yet...I did not mean to display a demo on "how to be shot in the chest by chuck key" scenario...Point well taken and understood!! :-[

Well after just 6 months with my little Unimat... she moved on.. some of the accessories are headed to live the good life in Hawaii with Kludge!! Don't forget the sunscreen guys!! Mahalo :-* I found a nice little Atlas 618 tooled out pretty well. She is awaiting a new linkbelt and a banjo...

Small lathes turn up around here( Portland OR) pretty often Mr Kludge!! I sure found myself a honey of a Atlas 618...Doing CL searches via ...the" lathes :craigslist.org" sure leads me in the right direction.Or just Portland or Eugene or Salem Oregon searches...I am game and office at home...

Hey Al- How are you? Mr Dentist! My first career in life was as a mechanic- GM trained and ( old school) NAISE certified worked at a Cadillac house back in the 70's for 5 years right out of high school...THEN went to college...geology.... oil business died in the early 80's enough to make me...

Kludge, It came fully tooled!! But I am selling it with only part of the basics and selling others on ebay --I need to replenish my hobby fund don't you know. The SL is fitted with a slow speed set up, a power feed, 3 and 4 jaw, face plate & dogs, drill chuck for the TS, live and dead centers...

Thanks all that responded--- The conformation of what I thought was great- Iwas only tempted by the lure of picking it up locally or I never even would have considered it... I only do little stuff and i will do a lot more "tire kicking " before I buy.. that's the fun part...spend the money...

So I Am selling my Unimat SL and going to go to a Chinese 7x12... so I of course cruise Craigslist and ebay... So I find this Micromark...older combo unit..I think hey this is pretty cool, not a lot of tooling at all , but it is in my town ...it is a little larger than my Unimat...it does have...

Probably missed this some where up stream in this thread or another... where did you purchase your C4 from? Nice by the way and admirable clean up job on limited time with the Red Goooo ;)

I must be blind ... where exactly do you sign up for coupons?? I poked around on their home page and did not find the link or drop down menu.... Signed, dense or blind or both;D

Clisby lathe pic's yet...? Come on and stop the hula lessons and get the camera down!! ;) Iwant to see something really small...

So on you gentleman's Unimats--- do you use a end mill holder like this when doing ?small scale milling? http://cgi.ebay.com/UNIMAT-1-4-END-MILL-HOLDER_W0QQitemZ260280576666QQihZ016QQcategoryZ13876QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Time will tell -thank you Marve....

Hello all- a new comer with a (pitifu) little Unimat SL1000. Really it is not pitiful, but after seeing all the great lathes here it is pretty far down the foodchain. It was a great snag off Craigslist at what I think was a cheap price and luckily for me with plenty of tooling, 3&4 jaw chucks...

Thanks Marv and I second the call for Greenie to show his mod's - I am very newcomer to suing a lathe and my only lathe is a very lightly used and fully tooled UnimatSL..also a lucky find on Craigslist and a fast pounce.. I see the low speed adapters almost going for what I paid for the whole...

Steve - the catalog is a smart idea- so simple I over looked it - subtle terminology guides and specs will be a tremendous help!! THanks all for so much good advice-- So this mill holder should be a good thing to use as opposed to a chuck...

What a great rally of advice So an end mill can have 2 or 4 flutes- or grooves that are twisted around the shank.. that give effect how much material is being cut at once, and related to the type of material being milled and would seem to have a direct effect on speed and amount removed in one...