I do international shipping as well. The small items are easy to ship. The larger items are pretty expensive to ship. That's basically anything that will not fit in a 12 x 12 x 6 box or smaller.
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Turner" <craig1...@fsmail.net> To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:27 PM Subject: Re: Lot's of cut backs Tim, If Legacy take many more accessories out of their production line for manual OMs I think you may find your services in more demand from the likes of us - I am assuming you are in the US so wonder on your abilities to deliver to the UK/Ireland if need be? desperate times call for desperate measures???? On Nov 10, 11:06 pm, "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello Roger, > > With all due respect, Legacy has a consistent history of saying one thing > and doing another. So the idea that the manual machines are not going away > is pure speculation. Andy announced the end of the product life cycle for > the 900, 1200 and 1800 all at the same time. In our economy if there is no > market for the manual machines, they will go away (at least temporarily). > No doubt the lack of accessories is all about the lack of demand for the > equipment. I see a trend in the lack of enthusiasm for the equipment and > style of woodworking the OM creates in general. > > Well, I guess the good news for the group is I can manufacture most > discontinued accessories for the manual mills in small quantities. I have > continued to improve my machines for my style of work and I see no reason > for that trend to stop. Over the years I have supplied custom gears, work > holding fixtures, index plates, templates and more. I strive for > improvements in all of the parts I make. > > -Tim > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Euro-Legacy" <r...@woodworkersworkshop.co.uk> > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:42 PM > Subject: Re: Lot's of cut backs > > Hi guys, > Let me take the opportunity to clarify a few points and defend > Legacy. > > 1. The Model 1800 has not been available for at least 9 months. I > believe that they should have up-dated their websitewww.legacywoodworking.com > much more regularly and Andy and Tracy are fully aware of my opinion > on the subject. > > In their defence I would have to say that it is a question of > resources and in a business down turn you act where you think it is > going to get you the best results. > > 2. They are not getting out of Red Machines! They are only making them > in batches to meet demand, and with so little demand in the hobbyist > market then they are not producing them to sit on the shelf, in the > current economic climate with the banks not lending you do not put > your money in to dormant stock. > > 3. The CNC market in the USA appears to be more boyant and small > business has to innovate, remember a CNC machine does not take > holidays, can work around the clock and needs minimal management and > has much lower health care costs. For these reasons small businesses > are looking at CNC. I know from talking to my European customers they > have the same concerns and have already seen benefits from going CNC. > > 4. I would seriously question Craig's comment about Legacy > "concentrating all their efforts on cnc where the computer and > software take all the effort out of design and manufacture". That is > far from the truth, if you own a Red machine you learn how to drive it > and get the best out of it. With CNC it is the same except the > learning curve is more about thinking and understanding software and > less about physical action. > > Just remember it can only get better. > Cheers Roger > > On Nov 8, 9:07 am, "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > I see Legacy has made some major cut backs again in the manual machine > department. Missing from the web site is the 1800. The list of missing > accessories is really long. Template mounting kit, updated template follower > and associated stylus, adjustable vertical vise, thin stock follower, linear > molding table, rotary table drive shaft, headstock and tailstock upgrade, > additional index plate set, mobility kit, design kit and the linear motor > kit are all gone. > > > Any thoughts or comments? > > > -Tim > > -- > 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 athttp://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. 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