Modifications and Improvements to a Unimat SL 1000 Lathe

[Mr.Pete]

Oh my god! I never taught about doing all this on mine when I bought it, but it's the only way to do precise work...
Thanks for all the pictures and the great info.
p.s I was thinking of adding a 4x4 extruded aluminium posts to hold my lathe head to middle of my sb200 ... I liked your idea but the cost of buying a other unimat is a little steep around here it took about 6yrs to find one ( I paid $300 and it came full loaded with lots of extras) I'm watching EBAY for a head stock & motor there are a few but most are incomplet or really in bad shape... Iwas going t swap the head stock lathe to milling then back ... the setup is oh so l o n g... did any one try drilling the zero to a more precise dia and putting a tighter fitting dowel pin!