Hi Bill,that sounds good to me, I will have a go at that when er indoors stops naggin about me bein out in the shed all the time,thanks for the info,I'm going to make a steady rest,two rollers like I've seen on here can't remember who posted the pics.but it was a great idea,keep chippin.MAC.
On Nov 8, 12:25 am, "Bill Bulkeley" <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > on my middle spiral what I did was use magnates core box bit number 810 the > 11/2 inch diameter core box bit > and ran it down the centre of 2 pieces of wood then glued them together to > make one piece with a 11/2 inch hole up the middle then made a sacrificial > piece that fits neatly up the middle a genital tap in fit not too tight and > not loose .. then I made a cap for each end that were a nice tight fit so > the job didn't spin during machining then put all that in and made the > hollow spiral I ran the job in a steady rest too nothing special jus a block > of wood with a half round cut in it on the band saw the bolted to the revo > just to give the spiral a little extra strength and of coarse when doing the > hollow with the strait bit little cuts I machined right down till almost > breaking thru with each start of the pitches then I took the last little bit > out on each. there might be a better way to do all this but that's what I > did and it worked great every time.. post pics when you do it > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MACSWAG" <davidcraig.dil...@virgin.net> > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:04 AM > Subject: Re: REVO MOVEMENT > > Thanks Bill,the outside spiral, Does that mean you drill out the > center first and then cut your spiral with the sacrificial > inside,that's seems to be why I have chunks flying off and sod it > another wasted log,boy what a thicko I am,as I said this forum is > invaluable,keep chippin,MAC. > > On Nov 7, 1:19 am, "Bill Bulkeley" <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > > the best thing it needs is a dam cross slide leadscrew and steady rests > > one > > or more make a great differance to fight vibration too I was always going > > to > > make 2 ajutable rollers that run the whole length of the revo as well as 2 > > shorter ones for different diameter work as a lot of the work it does is > > small diameter 1 or 2 inches > > Bill > > Ps a tip when you do the spiral in a spiral make sure you make a > > sacrificial > > insert for all the way through the middle of the hollow before you do your > > spiral or most assuredly it will fly to bits my first one did > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> > > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:39 AM > > Subject: Re: REVO MOVEMENT > > > > Great to hear! I think a better locking system is in the future for the > > > Revo > > > owners. Some thing quick and solid. A full depth, single pass cut is a > > > lot > > > of strain on the equipment. > > > > -Tim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "MACSWAG" <davidcraig.dil...@virgin.net> > > > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 2:24 PM > > > Subject: REVO MOVEMENT > > > >> Evenin all,I have been out in my shed using the info from TIM & BILL, > > >> and Lil /td. yes I do get drift on my cross slide ,cause ,vibration at > > >> high revs.so now I consciously make myself check all locks and even > > >> the stops,this has made a difference,but this just goes to show you > > >> can't let your concentration drift,as to the maths,well never been > > >> great at that anyway but I use pencil and paper instead of mental and > > >> I now get the hang of it I think,I 'm trying it out tomorrow and > > >> hoping for the best,lucky I have bought from Roger a good selection of > > >> cutters,just need a few more,lucky I had a good selection of 1/4" inch > > >> shank cutters,because Roger sold me a tool that could use both 1/2" & > > >> 1/4" saves a lot of fartin about with the chuck,thank you all for your > > >> kind help,and Tim I have now found the demonstrations on the videos on > > >> youtube, a great help. MAC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
