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Old 06-18-2013, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ohighway View Post
What's RIG Universal?

A buddy of mine loaned me an Austrian made Unimat 3 lathe.....semi-permanent loan I think.... and I've been doing a light clean and lube. (sorry for the fuzzy pix) It appears to be a nice quality piece, but I'm not used to a lathe that's this small!
RIG Universal is a grease used to prevent corrosion on sporting goods like guns, fishing reels, etc.

Birchwood Casey: RIG Product Details

The Unimat 3 is a fun little screw cutting lathe with a cross feed and compound tool rest as opposed to the watchmaker lathe which has a flip-up tool rest kind of like a wood lathe so that you can utilize hand gravers and other tools for tiny work. My "real" lathe is an Emco Super 11, the big brother of the Unimat.
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