I have heard of the model 500, but it's one of the legacy machines that I don't have a picture or any information on it. Does your brother still have it?
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Becker" <jwb...@insightbb.com> To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:49 AM Subject: Re: 600 For Sale on Ebay > This looks like my fathers first machine, it came with plastic gears and I want to say it was a model 500, he gave that to my brother and moved up to a 900 > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Bulkeley" <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:15:08 AM > Subject: Re: 600 For Sale on Ebay > > any one on here buys this please give me first option on the rails and > leadscrew > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "begatbrown" <darylmichaelsc...@gmail.com> > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:02 PM > Subject: Re: 600 For Sale on Ebay > > > Tim, > > I had given some thought to getting the unit for the gears and > indexing plates. After that I would have parted it out with the > rotary table being the most attractive item to sell. I did note the > machine's inability to taper, and I have not made one straight leg > yet! > > Begat > > > > > On Aug 26, 9:12 pm, "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > That's an interesting model that was only sold for a couple of years > > between > > 2000 and 2002. Originally the model 600 came with only acrylic gears. > > These where direct drive and it gave you 1/2", 1", 2", 3", 6" and .33" per > > rotation. There was no directional gear available that I recall, they > > where all right handed twists. It's interesting to see the owner bought > > the > > extended pitch gears and the pivot arm linkage to make it work. You might > > also notice there is no taper capabilities in this machine (no bed to > > adjust). If you wanted a taper, you where instructed to use a template and > > mill from the side. If you wanted to do flat stock you had to mount it > > under the rails and that was some what limited thickness (2" x *"). If you > > look real closely at the carriage you will see some slots that allowed you > > to raise the y axis rails that essentially also raised the router for > > larger > > capacity. The maximum turning diameter was 5.5". It's a pretty decent > > price if you needed the gears and a rotary table and then part the rest > > out > > to people in this group. > > > > Thanks for pointing that one out and giving me a flashback of the first > > Legacy machine that I saw demonstrated at a Woodworking show. > > > > -Tim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "begatbrown" <darylmichaelsc...@gmail.com> > > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 4:05 PM > > Subject: 600 For Sale on Ebay > > > > > Hello, > > > > > There is an old legacy model 600 for sale on ebay. The bid is $499 > > > and it comes with a 2x gear set and a reducer gear set--and a rotary > > > table. > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/150650694269?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid.... > > > > > Best, > > > > > Begat > > > > > -- > > > 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?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-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?hl=en. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3860 - Release Date: 08/26/11 > > > -- > 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?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-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?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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