It's something I've looked into but never finished. Can you sketch what you are thinking?
Are you familiar with the Geometric Chuck that Ornamental Turners use? Multiple gears change the rotation of the work piece while the cutter stays in place. It creates all sorts of geometric patterns by changing the change wheels. It's a marvelous piece of engineering. Here's a link to a book describing it. http://www.littleurl.net/efcad8 I've seen one in person and even then it's hard for my brain to fully wrap around how its working. I get the basics of how a spirograph work. Used to play with my toy version all the time :-). -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: ronkir...@aol.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 5:12 AM Subject: Re: Rotary Table and String Art Hi Tim Why can't one hook up a Spirograph mechanism as a template on the Legacy? The stylus would have to be modified to work within the mechanism. Instead of the mechanism being mounted above the work it is mounted to one side. I don't know if the Legacy has enough play for a smooth operation. The center of the mechanism is at fixed distance from the rotary table center. The extent of the mechanism has to be within the dimensions of the work piece. What do you think? Ron -- 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-mi...@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?hl=en. -- 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-mi...@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?hl=en.
