I believe Bill built a version for his Revo. I don't see why it could not be done.
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "MACSWAG TAE" <[email protected]> To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:41 PM Subject: Re: Wave Attachment Hi C.G.Why have you twisted the top of the arm that holds the end of the long screw rod.and do you think this set up could be built onto a REVO.thanks to you and TIM.for a great idea, MAC. On Aug 14, 12:39 am, "curt george" <[email protected]> wrote: > Wops! > the photos did not come through. ( "O"well you can get them from Tim's web > page.) > To go on with the story. > After I saw what Tim had done,I knew that I wanted to make that attachment > for my machine. > Still not having seen the attachment that he made, I began to design my own > attachment, using only his written messages from this forum. > My original Wave attachment was crude but worked,( it sorta looks like a > Choo-choo train driving arm.without the steam.) after seeing what and how > Tim made what he did, I then re-made my center wave gear, so to give me a > better control of the size of my wave. but I liked my train assembly > indexing head,so I keep it. > There are a few tricks that need to be learned to use this attachment, to > its fullest. > If any of you want to know more, please ask. I will only be, all to glad to > share this info. with you . > > I will talk to you all latter. > C.A.G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "curt george" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: Wave Attachment > > > Hello guys I back! ;-) > > Tim has already stated most of the details. > > Here are some of the original postings. > > Hello All, > > > Here's the results of another invention for my Legacy Ornamental Mill. > > This > > is a traditional pattern done with the Holtzapffel Ornamental Lathe with > > the > > aid of an addition called an Atkinson Reciprocator. I'm calling my version > > the TK Reciprocator. Basically I linked the spindle to a crank mechanism > > that rocks the spindle back and forth. As the spindle rocks back and > > forth, > > the x axis lead screw is advancing the router creating the wave patterns. > > The amplitude of the wave and the pitch of the gears changes the design. > > In > > the near future, I'll post the plans if anyone is interested. > > > The long wave was done with the 7.5 inch pitch gear, and the short wave > > was > > done with the 2 inch pitch gear. I used a barley twist bit. The diameters > > of > > the spindles are about 2". The amount of the amplitude is the same in each > > design, about an 1/8th inch. The depth of cut is about 1/16th of an inch > > deep. The waves are repeated 12 times around the spindles. Using this > > simple technique, a lot of variations can be made. > > > The last couple of pictures show the face plate being used with the same > > technique as above. The first picture uses the magnate # 6051 side cutting > > round bit, and the last picture the magnate # 7976. By advancing the y > > axis > > towards me as the spindle is rocking back and forth a specific area is > > cleaned out. The bit was positioned about a half inch above the center of > > the faceplate. Notice the slight curve on the very inside of the blades. I > > think it's a really interesting effect. Also note that I did this example > > before I fixed my spindle. Notice the uneven cut. Hopefully the cut will > > be > > cleaner now. > > > I'm really looking forward to working with this idea some more, I think > > that > > it has a huge potential! I also have a modification for the rotary table, > > but I'm still fabricating parts to make it work. That will be hopefully > > finished in about a month. > > > Enjoy, > > > -Tim > > > Hang in there folks. I'm away from my machine until at least Wednesday. > > The > > Atkinson Reciprocator is a rare accessory for a rare machine. There are > > very > > few pictures of the original device. Here's a link that shows one. > >http://www.turners.org/images/Recip.gif. I have not seen any connected to > > a > > machine so I had to use my imagination. Not really a stretch when you > > realize you are simple turning the spindle back and forth by a small > > amount > > of degrees. > > > My TK reciprocator was inspired by the Atkinson version. My version is > > much > > simpler, and allows infinite adjustment compared to the finite adjustment > > of > > the Atkinson version. I have not finished drawing the plan yet, or I would > > post the drawing. It really is very simple to make. > > > Basically I'm placing a bar between the standard duplex gear and the > > standard index gear. The bar is mounted in a slide on the duplex gear that > > changes the amplitude of the wave. The slide is bolted to the duplex gear > > using the stock holes. The bar is connected to the slide using a Legacy > > quick release bracket. The other end of the bar is connected to the index > > with a pin and a magnet. The pin sits in the index holes, and the magnet > > keeps the bar in place while in motion. A spring is used to remove any > > backlash in the system when the rotation changes direction. > > > By engaging the pitch gears to the index gear but not engaging the duplex > > gear to the index gear, I'm able to rotate the duplex gear independently > > using the x-axis crank. Since the bar links the spindle to the duplex > > gear, > > you get the rocking motion. I can create a double helix pattern by placing > > the slide adjustment an equal distance opposite of the duplex gear center. > > I > > don't have an example of that cut, but I know its possible with my design. > > This is taking a lot longer to describe, draw and dimension the plans than > > it took me for making the first version of the TK Reciprocator! Hopefully > > the description will help in the mean time. > > > Thanks for the interest, > > > -Tim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: curt george > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:51 AM > > Subject: Re: Sine Wave Patterns on Spindles! > > > WOW Tim that is NEAT! > > can you show us this Atkinson Reciprocator?did you make it or is it > > something you bought? > > Awesome work. I am really egger to learn more about how you did this. > > thanks for sharing. > > C.A.G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tim Krause > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:56 AM > > Subject: Sine Wave Patterns on Spindles! > > > Hello All, > > > Here's the results of another invention for my Legacy Ornamental Mill. > > This is a traditional pattern done with the Holtzapffel Ornamental Lathe > > with the aid of an addition called an Atkinson Reciprocator. I'm calling > > my > > version the TK Reciprocator. Basically I linked the spindle to a crank > > mechanism that rocks the spindle back and forth. As the spindle rocks back > > and forth, the x axis lead screw is advancing the router creating the wave > > patterns. The amplitude of the wave and the pitch of the gears changes the > > design. In the near future, I'll post the plans if anyone is interested. > > > The long wave was done with the 7.5 inch pitch gear, and the short wave > > was done with the 2 inch pitch gear. I used a barley twist bit. The > > diameters of the spindles are about 2". The amount of the amplitude is the > > same in each design, about an 1/8th inch. The depth of cut is about 1/16th > > of an inch deep. The waves are repeated 12 times around the spindles. > > Using > > this simple technique, a lot of variations can be made. > > > The last couple of pictures show the face plate being used with the > > same > > technique as above. The first picture uses the magnate # 6051 side cutting > > round bit, and the last picture the magnate # 7976. By advancing the y > > axis > > towards me as the spindle is rocking back and forth a specific area is > > cleaned out. The bit was positioned about a half inch above the center of > > the faceplate. Notice the slight curve on the very inside of the blades. I > > think it's a really interesting effect. Also note that I did this example > > before I fixed my spindle. Notice the uneven cut. Hopefully the cut will > > be > > cleaner now. > > > I'm really looking forward to working with this idea some more, I think > > that it has a huge potential! I also have a modification for the rotary > > table, but I'm still fabricating parts to make it work. That will be > > hopefully finished in about a month. > > > Enjoy, > > > -Tim > > > C.A.G. > > > > Wave Patterns 1.JPG > 194KViewDownload > > wave gearing.JPG > 185KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
