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I own a Unimat 3 lathe with almost every attachment, the problem is that some PO took a grinder to the back way and really made a mess of the lathe bed. While looking around online I noticed that the new Grizzly G0745 micro lathe appears to use identical castings for the lathe bed as my unimat. Having been looking for a used lathe bed for a couple of years and only finding one on eBay that I lost out too I'm thinking I would like to buy this bed from Grizzly and see if I can make it work or maybe its just a perfect match?
Living in canada I can't get grizzly to ship to me so I have two favours to ask. If anyone has this lathe could you measure the bed so I can compare it to my unimat and would anyone close to a grizzly store be willing to ship the bed to me if I paid them for it and the shipping ahead of time? I would like to try and convert the little unimat to cnc control not because I need too but I thought it would be a fun project and with the size of the lathe it could travel with me and a laptop when I work out of town.
Thanks
Shawn
EDIT: apparently I was wrong about Grizzly shipping to Canada, looks like I can have the part shipped no problem. I guess if anyone can confirm the bed dimensions that would be great. Now I'm thinking about ordering the whole lathe as I would need to replace the motor on my unimat anyways, I might be able to sell a few accessories like the threading attachment and full set of followers to cover the costs somewhat?
Living in canada I can't get grizzly to ship to me so I have two favours to ask. If anyone has this lathe could you measure the bed so I can compare it to my unimat and would anyone close to a grizzly store be willing to ship the bed to me if I paid them for it and the shipping ahead of time? I would like to try and convert the little unimat to cnc control not because I need too but I thought it would be a fun project and with the size of the lathe it could travel with me and a laptop when I work out of town.
Thanks
Shawn
EDIT: apparently I was wrong about Grizzly shipping to Canada, looks like I can have the part shipped no problem. I guess if anyone can confirm the bed dimensions that would be great. Now I'm thinking about ordering the whole lathe as I would need to replace the motor on my unimat anyways, I might be able to sell a few accessories like the threading attachment and full set of followers to cover the costs somewhat?
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