Interesting new UNIMAT (is it 6?)

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7 August 2012 at 23:31 #95912
Ady1
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On fleabay, but it's the interchangability of composite sections which makes it interesting

Almost like a Transformers Toy

Remove the X at the beginning of the http://www.Xebay link to view

unimat
Advert

7 August 2012 at 23:31 #6276
Ady1
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8 August 2012 at 00:01 #95915
David Littlewood
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Link didn't work for me.

David
8 August 2012 at 00:11 #95916
John Stevenson 1
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For some reason he put an X infront of Ebay ?

**LINK**
8 August 2012 at 00:14 #95917
Alistair Grant 3
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David, Just go to ebay site and search for 330767741825. This is the item number
8 August 2012 at 00:21 #95918
Michael Gilligan
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Here is Cool Tool website

and there is a promotional video on You Tube, dated 04-Dec-2007

[not for me, thanks]

MichaelG.
8 August 2012 at 01:02 #95920
Ady1
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For some reason he put an X infront of Ebay ?

fleabay links are verboten in here
8 August 2012 at 01:43 #95922
Gone Away
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Posted by Ady1 on 08/08/2012 01:02:32:

fleabay links are verboten in here

Are they? When did that happen? …. seems to me there have been plenty in the past
8 August 2012 at 05:12 #95924
Springbok
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Ve haf vays of makeing you talk so you had better explain vy das ist verbotten!!

Bob
8 August 2012 at 07:41 #95927
Michael Gilligan
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One interesting point … mentioned in the text under that You Tube Video

The availability of [very] long beds and cross-slides.

That's a significant advantage of using extrusions … I wonder if they are available individually ?

MichaelG.

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The availability of [very] long beds and cross-slides.

With a nod to Michael Williams' comments on the Metalmaster thread … obviously there would be terrific problems with alignment at those distances … but it would be very useful raw material.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 08/08/2012 07:43:16
8 August 2012 at 07:58 #95928
Michael Gilligan
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O.K. "Cool Tool" suddenly gets very interesting.

Would this install and run on a Raspberry Pi ???

MichaelG.

First thoughts are here

GPIO looks the way to go

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 08/08/2012 08:15:40
8 August 2012 at 09:05 #95930
David Clark 13
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Who banned Fleabay links then?

We might delete them if somone consistently posted links to their own auctions otherwise we leave them alone.

They are obsolete in a few weeks anyway so not a good idea.

regards David

Edited By David Clark 1 on 08/08/2012 10:13:14
8 August 2012 at 10:06 #95932
DerryUK
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<Would this install and run on a Raspberry Pi ???>

There is a caveat in LinuxCNC requirements that video and system memory should be separate ie not shared in system memory.

The way things are going with RasPi though someone will crack it.
8 August 2012 at 10:33 #95935
Michael Gilligan
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Thanks Derry,

I will sit back and wait for the Geeks to do something amazing.

MichaelG.
8 August 2012 at 12:46 #95940
Peter G. Shaw
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This is the metal version of the original Unimat 1 which is a very low power machine using plastic & aluminium.

Peter G. Shaw
8 August 2012 at 18:40 #95954
Kevin Bennett
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hi all you can do anything with this type of aluminium extrusion if you want to be creative you can get all types of aluminium extrusion from Flex link i am having a go at using it for a cutter grinder using the 40 x 40 mm section.

i am lucky as i have a contact at my old work place so i can get hold of small off cuts

**LINK**

TY Kevin
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