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Scott_Conger
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Re: Tool Time

Post by Scott_Conger » Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:27 pm

I needed another pulley arrangement for a special carb part setup and I fortuitously found these pix of a Levin setup on eBay...it was even attached to an identical jackshaft that I have. Given that, how could I not copy it??...being that they make pretty much the best equipment in the world of its type, and I cannot spare the gelt for it, I decided to make my own...I think it turned out really well after I figured out how the original was built and worked. The dollar bill the fellow included in his 2 photos provided the scale I needed. I decided on miniature ball bearings for the idler wheels instead of bronze plain bearings. Just the barest of "tweeks" on the screws socks things down very solidly...it is very cleverly designed as I'd expect from a Levin product:
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Here's my version:
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Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny

NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured

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Craig Leach
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Re: Tool Time

Post by Craig Leach » Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:37 am

Hi Scott,
A gentalman I used to race with has a son that makes piercing jewelry. I don't understand why someone would intentionaly insert metal into thier
person. I spend a lot of time trying to remove the metal I accidently stick into mine. He uses a Unimat lathe/mill I'll bet you are familiar with
them. They may not be persision enough for what you do?
Craig.


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Re: Tool Time

Post by speedytinc » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:24 am

Quality work. Looks professional.


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Re: Tool Time

Post by Scott_Conger » Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:25 am

Craig

in my younger, snootier life, I'd have turned my nose up at a Unimat. I'm older/wiser and now have an appreciation for them and what they can accomplish...they're perfectly adequate for what I do, but having been an apprenticed watchmaker as my first adult job, I have an abundance of watchmaking equipment that can and is repurposed for carb parts. Otherwise, you'd be seeing Unimats in the background :D

John

thank you
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Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny

NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured


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Re: Tool Time

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:49 am

Speaking of Unimats, there is a fellow on an antique phonograph forum that I also haunt, who has converted one, (or maybe a Sherline?), to play cylinder phonograph records. He uses the Unimat(?) as the "base" and has added stepper motors and such, (that I don't understand), as well as an electronic pick-up to unable the playing of cylinder recordings.

Playing an appropriate tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iD_RUP2qhg


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Re: Tool Time

Post by Scott_Conger » Sat Aug 05, 2023 9:33 pm

Just picked up this tap/die set...dates to pre 1912 and is a fractional set from 7/64 to 1/4 in 1/64 increments. Some real oddball stuff, and yet will see service in due time due to the kind of work I do. Was very pleased to get my mitts on it and for a very good price, too.

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Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny

NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured

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Re: Tool Time

Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:13 am

Weren't those the greatest?
Thanks for showing it.
Rich
When did I do that?

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Re: Tool Time

Post by BE_ZERO_BE » Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:41 pm

 
It's Italian !! :lol:

PBR - Perico Baroni & Raimondi 12" x 40" Lathe.
Made in Italy in 1966.

 
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Scott_Conger
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Re: Tool Time

Post by Scott_Conger » Sat Aug 12, 2023 2:11 pm

very nice, Bob
what I wouldn't give for a larger heavier lathe... :?
Scott Conger

Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny

NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured

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