Even more accessories for the Unimat SL.

The Unimat SL was designed to turn wood as well as metal with the addition of a few extra parts. A proper swivelling toolrest could be fitted, which meant stripping down the machine and removing the bed bars so that the saddle could be replaced with the hand tool rest. Much simpler though is part 1201, a simple hand tool rest which just bolts onto the saddle in place of the turning tool holder;

Here it is fitted to my machine;

The wood is just a short piece of dowelling that I've been playing with. A gouge tool can be seen resting on the bed bars, this is a Unimat 1 'Cool Tool' (their description, not mine...) item and is as cheap as it looks. But size wise it suits the machine and it does the job although it did benefit from being resharpened on an oilstone. A lot of folk would make up such tools from old files etc., but I don't have any to spare.

Whilst the tool rest is a genuine Emco item the next accessory is an aftermarket part. This is a drilling depth gauge, this just clamps around the quill lever and is marked in 1mm increments;

This came via Ebay from Mundford Machine Tooling, and will prove usefull for drilling a series of holes to the same depth.

Paul.