Unimat ML DRO.wmv

DIY Emco unimat 1 metalline lathe digital readout (DRO) for less than $30.
Thecooltool or the cooltool digital readout homemade

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Science & Technology

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• DIY
• DRO
• emco
• unimat
• metalline
• lathe
• Thecooltool
• digital
• readout
• homemade

[Niekomojo]

Do you think this thing can handle cutting titanium?

[ivothuis]

@Niekomojo

I've got really no idea. It is not an extremely rigid lathe. So if you do it very slowely it might work, but I have never tried titanium. Aluminium, copper, bronze and brass work fine.

[ivothuis]

@markksheets

Thanks, I was fully satisfied too with the results. This works great with very high accuracy.

Good tip from Grizzly by the way, they are not expensive. Maybe I'm going to buy a bigger lathe and then they might come in handy.

I used two digital 6" calipers (about $9 each on ebay) and some 4 mm aluminium profile from a local hardware store. Cheaper than this is impossible ;)