Fabricating Endmill holders for the Unimat SL1000 

Thanks Dan! Much appreciated!!! :)

Good question. The unimat is a small lathe and back then the motor was 180w. So steel would take forever. A step in brass is usually 0.15-0.1mm - in steel (even mild steel) it's 0.05mm. so making the same item in steel takes x3 times as much. The brass is holding well so far and if need be - I'll bore it and add a stainless sleeve.

Thanks mate :)

Yep. In the machine shop (sounds great, but it's a 5 square meter shop, fairly packed) the lights are either too bright or too dim, no matter how I try to set them up. Exposure - I'm using a go-pro type chinese action camera... not really an option :)

Thanks!

Endmills are either carbide or hardened tool steel - the chuck jaws are hardened tool steel as well - and need to bind a soft steel (like the shank of a drill bit) to really grab and turn properly. Hard steel can't grab and hold a smooth hard steel - it will spin. These tools also save a LOT of Z height. Hope this answers the question :)

@@Smallathe it does, ty so much! New to this