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Re: Tool Time
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:
Here's my version:
Here's my version:
Scott Conger
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
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
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.
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
Quality work. Looks professional.
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Re: Tool Time
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
John
thank you
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
John
thank you
Scott Conger
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
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
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
Playing an appropriate tune.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iD_RUP2qhg
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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.
Scott Conger
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured
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
It's Italian !!
PBR - Perico Baroni & Raimondi 12" x 40" Lathe.
Made in Italy in 1966.
Respectfully Submitted,
Be_Zero_Be
I drive a Model T ... Microseconds don't matter
For every Absolute Model T Fact there are at least three exceptions.
Be_Zero_Be
I drive a Model T ... Microseconds don't matter
For every Absolute Model T Fact there are at least three exceptions.
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Re: Tool Time
very nice, Bob
what I wouldn't give for a larger heavier lathe...
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
Tyranny under the guise of law is still Tyranny
NH Full Flow Float Valves
Obsolete carburetor parts manufactured