Unimat Classic

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The same principle applies for plain line tamping, because the Unimat 09-4x4/4S offers about 30% more working output compared to conventional cyclic acting single sleeper tamping machines. Included in the kit are the components for a jigsaw, diverse variations of woodturning machines , a handheld sander a stationary sander, and a handheld drilling machine. All the machines of the UNIMAT 1 BASIC kit are child-friendly. Due to the short strokes of the jigsaw blade, the fingers of a young carpenter cannot be injured. At the same time, professionals are delighted by the accurate and precise cutting of the saw. The set includes comprehensive instructions plus DVD. The Unimat classic is just the start of your own home workshop. There are many optional accessories to expand the system further to customise your requirements. The product also comes with a 5 year warranty (excluding parts subject to normal wear and tear) Made in Austria

Amongst other features, these machines are equipped with the “parallel tamping mode” enabling two machines of the same type to work synchronously through S&C layouts with long through bearers. This operating mode has been integrated in the Unimat 09-4x4/4S machine concept as well allowing operating two Unimat 09-4x4/4S machines in parallel. The Unimat was a series of combination machines sold for light hobbyist engineering, such as model engineering. They were distinctive as the same major components could be re-arranged into either a lathe or milling machine. Made by Maier & Company in Austria and introduced in late 1953, the 1.42" centre height by 5" (later 6.75") between centres Emco "Unimat" was the first of the firm's incredibly popular range of small, multi-purpose machine tools. Although tiny, it was perfectly capable of decent work, available with a wide range of accessories and was light enough to be lifted on and off the workbench with one (strong) hand. The original model stayed in production until 1977, with a run of around 300,000 examples, at which point it was replaced by the Unimat 3, an entirely conventional-looking lathe and one not nearly as adaptable to so many different uses. The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.See: https://www.micromark.com/MicroLux-Micro-Lathe and https://www.micromark.com/MicroLux-7x16-Mini-Lathe

It's hard to believe that Unimat DB/SLs went out of production, given how excellent they are. I expect that the decrease in hobby machining and the necessary expense of manufacturing high-tolerance machine tools caused them to be unprofitable for Maier to build anymore. Considering the above mentioned constructional features, the Unimat 09-4x4/4S series represent a further step towards perfecting the maintenance of S&Cs. Apart from the quality of work, which can be reached by the Unimat 09, this is also shown by the increase of working performance. Compared with standard machines of previous designs the time needed for tamping an S&C with the Unimat 09 is up to 40% shorter, which means a great reduction of possession time and therefore a better utilisation of available working windows. Although the DB200/SL1000 remains a very popular machine on the second-hand market Emco unfortunately no longer supply any parts, accessories, written material or service help.If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

For additional machine variations, the UNIMAT 1 CLASSIC kit contains the components necessary for building-up to a stationary drilling machine, a metal turning machine, and a horizontal and vertical mill. It also comes with a construction plan book, and the UNIMAT 1 handbook. It is my experience that there is not much on a ship model that requires a lathe. Most of that (spars) can be accomplished using an electric drill in a shop made clamp. The one part that would be difficult to fake - turning up 100 cannon - a lathe and pattern duplicator helps here. Hi Bob, just a detail in the history of this marque: the Unimat lathes were designed and manufactured by Maier & Company in Austria. The Elliot Machine Company (EMCO) was the UK distributor for the range and had their name on the badge of the models they sold. There was more than one distributor in North America. The Instruction Book for the Mk. 3 is the more common 3rd Edition, composed and typed (probably) in England as an A4 sheet, reduced to A5 and printed in Salzburg, Austria. This is a very basic tool so be sure it is adequate for whatever you need to do. Some have only battery power and I do not believe any useful work can be produced without the optional mains adapter.Mine came from a pawn(?) shop in California in '69. No box, no manual, no tooling. I had to figure out everything for myself. In those days, there wasn't much understanding of the difference between M6X1 fasteners and 1/4-20 &-28 we had on the ship. Not even the ship's machinist had any ideas in those days. But I learned a little here and some more there and eventually had a usable machine. When you need to replace/obtain drill bits do so via specialist tool suppliers eg Drill Service (Horely) Ltd . A guy who who knows a lot more about tools and modelling put it to me "don't get your bits from the usual model railway exhibitions". I didn't heed this advice and ended up with badly ground bits that cut over size and wandered. From the specialists you can get bits with very small cutting diameter with a wider shank that are more securely held in the collets.