Unimat
Encyclopedia
The Unimat was a commercially sold machine intended for machining
and metalworking
for model making hobbyists manufactured by the Emco company. The machines enabled the user to have a drill press, lathe
and milling machine
.
To Emco Specs:
TheCoolTool company:
(These have plastic components and work best best with soft materials like wax
or balsa wood)
Machining
Conventional machining is a form of subtractive manufacturing, in which a collection of material-working processes utilizing power-driven machine tools, such as saws, lathes, milling machines, and drill presses, are used with a sharp cutting tool to physical remove material to achieve a desired...
and metalworking
Metalworking
Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts and delicate jewelry. It therefore includes a correspondingly wide range of skills,...
for model making hobbyists manufactured by the Emco company. The machines enabled the user to have a drill press, lathe
Lathe
A lathe is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.Lathes are used in woodturning,...
and milling machine
Milling machine
A milling machine is a machine tool used to machine solid materials. Milling machines are often classed in two basic forms, horizontal and vertical, which refers to the orientation of the main spindle. Both types range in size from small, bench-mounted devices to room-sized machines...
.
Models
Original Emco:- Unimat DB, Unimat DB-200
- Unimat SL, Unimat SL-1000
- Unimat 3
To Emco Specs:
- Unimat Basic
- Unimat 4 (lower quality clockmakers/watchmakers lathe with parts interchangeable with the Unimat 3)
- Unimat Compact 5
- Unimat Compact 8E
- Unimat Compact V8
- Maximat F1-P Mill
- Unimat Mill
TheCoolTool company:
(These have plastic components and work best best with soft materials like wax
Wax
thumb|right|[[Cetyl palmitate]], a typical wax ester.Wax refers to a class of chemical compounds that are plastic near ambient temperatures. Characteristically, they melt above 45 °C to give a low viscosity liquid. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents...
or balsa wood)
- Unimat 1 Basic (model woodworking)
- Unimat MetalLine