Once I saw an ad for a used lathe, with an Unimat sitting on top of the ways.
The seller had no idea that the Unimat was not part of the larger
lathe. At 250eur the large lathe would have been cheap, and I could
have sold the Unimat to get my money back, but as always happens it
was already taken when I saw it....
Otherwise not affordable at all, even in Austria, where they were made.
ST
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:47 AM, Harvey White
madyn@...[Homebrew_PCBs] <
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:52:19 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>A friend of mine used to use something called a unimat to drill his boards. It was belt drive,but also converted into a lathe. I borrowed it when I did some boards a long time ago
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>
> It's very precise, a combination of lathe, drill press, and almost
> anything else. It's also quite expensive since it is a collector's
> item at this point.
>
> Its weak point is also the strong point, versatility. However, every
> setup needs to be squared and trued. It has minimal capacity, but can
> do beautiful work when properly adjusted.
>
> The belts have limited life and are somewhat annoying to find
> replacements for.
>
> It can be a very high speed drill press, about 15K RPM IIRC.
>
>
> Harvey
>
>
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>>
>>From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:58 AM
>>To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Drilling circuit boards on the cheap: [1 Attachment]
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>>This is what I use for small boards. It only has about an inch and a half throat but is very stable. I think it was used by clock makers but there is no information available for it.
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