>From the sounds of the chatter on the Legacy Goggle site it's time I
answered some questions for the group. I'll try to handle them one at a
time.
1. Question: Has Legacy Woodworking given up on the home workshop market
in favor of the commercial market? Answer. no, the development of a
commercial quality ornamental mill came as a direct request from our
existing customers. Ornamental milling had gone from a process they used
once or twice a week to something some of our customers did 24/7. Some
customers were wearing out 10 or more split nuts a year. A heavier
system was what was required. The more experience we have in problem
solving, both for the home and commercial market the more prepared we are to
help any woodworker regardless of the size of the job he tackles
2. Question: How much assembly is required on the new OM5 series
ornamental mills? Answer, none. Every OM5 system goes out the door
fully assembled and tested. You should be cutting parts within hours of
receiving your mill.
3. Question: I don't see a show schedule posted on your web site this
year. What's up with that? Answer, the woodworking shows have been
changing their focus over the past few years. Instead of putting on a
show for the most hardcore woodworkers, as in the past, they are focusing on
beginning woodworkers. Some of that is your fault by the way, I haven't
seen some of you guys at a woodworking show for years. If the hard core
woodworkers stay home and surf the web the show promoters have to look for a
new market. We will, however, be attending some of the shows but not all
as we have in the past. When we do work out the schedule it will be posted
and you can always keep up by making sure your email address is in our
system. We will always notify our customers of news via email.
4. Question: Wouldn't going to all the shows be good advertising? Answer,
maybe, but doing the shows is a very large financial commitment. We hope
to put more of that money into direct marketing and customer support. We
are also developing new software and CNC tools that will all but eliminate
the need to draw a part before you turn it on your OM. You have to
choose your priorities.
5. Question: Are you only going to focus on CNC now? Answer, no, but
we've provided free training for every basic ornamental milling operation
and we've created several free training projects of the past few years.
These were designed to cover a broad range of ornamental milling tasks. At
to the future, it's hard to know what to teach. We don't want to go over
the same ground over and over again. If you have a suggestion for a
class or project please email them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's my
personal email address. I check that address the most. Please no junk
mail. Keeping up with my mail is hard work all ready.
6. Question: Why the move into CNC? Answer, the time was right. We've
used CNC equipment since the beginning to create the parts that go into
making an ornamental mill. We understand the power, versatility, and
time savings that come with CNC operations. With the cost of CNC
hardware and software falling to where the average woodworker can afford it
there was just no reason to not to. Imagine your ornamental mill carving
a floral pattern on the face of a hope chest project while you are eating
dinner. Extra hands in the shop for very little cash. A standard CNC
upgrade package at full price, $4500.00 amounts to $2.50 per day if you
amortize the cost over 5 years. That's pretty cheap help and expert help
at that.
7. Question: What's so great about your CNC package? Why shouldn't I buy
a kit and build it myself? Answer, if building a CNC system is what you
want to do then I think you should buy the kit and get started. I have
really enjoyed learning all about CNC control and what goes into it. If,
however, you want to be a woodworker using CNC to enhance your woodworking
then I suggest that you are better off buying one of our systems and saving
yourself the time and frustration. One key point to consider is the
experience that the team at Legacy Woodworking brings to the whole process.
We've drawn on a combined 50 years of Ornamental Milling experience to
create our new systems. That experience includes writing software,
creating CAD drawings, part setup, operations, router bit design,
etc. Someone
here knows something about every step of the CNC process so you know our
systems will just keep getting better as we go on. Consider our history.
1. First to create a manual ornamental milling system.
2. First to incorporate taper control, the 5th axis into our designs.
3. First to design a gear driven spiral system.
4. First to design router bits for specific tasks like roping and
barley twists
5. First to create a commercial quality turning system for under 50K.
( I looked around at Atlanta and the least expensive semiautomatic lathe
cost just over 60K.)
6. First to automate the articulated bed.
7. First to create conversational programming tools for turning on a 5
axis mill.
8. First to combine the 3 CNC disciplines; carving, sheet good
processing, and turning all in one platform.
9. First to combine the ornamental mill with the traditional CNC
router table.
10. If you watch us over the next few months you'll see the first two
spindle ornamental mill
8. Question: Do you bring anything new to the party? Answer, yes. Here's
one example. Because of his experience with manual ornamental mills turning
contoured shapes with templates Tracy and his team created new codes that
turn the a axis continually while other lines of code are executed. This
makes turning a project like his early American drop leaf table leg easier
than ever. There is some video of the process somewhere on line if you
want to check it out.
9. Question: So what does all this mean for me, Joe Ornamental Mill
owner? Answer, I hope it means a better, brighter future for your
woodworking. We've spent the past 17 years working to make woodworking
easier, more enjoyable, and safer. Adding CNC systems to our product
line is just more of the same. I think of it like this. Once there were
horse drawn buggies. Then someone created the combustion engine. Then
someone figured out how to make that engine cheaply and then there were
cars. There is no point in looking back unless you just like the nostalgia
of it all. I value results. Cars get me where I'm going faster and CNC
gets my woodworking jobs done faster.
For those of you who consider the car an abomination consider this little
factoid. London once required over 1 million horses to pull the cabs around
the street. Think of all the horse crap that lined the street and the
smell. Progress can be a good thing. We recently had a woodworker call to
inquire about a CNC package. He had just lost 3 fingers in a router table.
With CNC controling your router your hands don't need to be anywhere near
the router bit. You can even be in another room watching I Dream O Jeanie
reruns if you like.
I'm sure I haven't answered everyone's questions here. Feel free to post
your questions or email me directly and I'll try to answer the
unanswered. Good
luck on all you woodworking endeavors. Please keep the comments and
questions coming and watch for more exciting first's from Legacy
Woodworking.
ANDY
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