Just a heads up with ref to a genie garage door opener. In my experience they have a very short duty cycle and the thermal cutout would operate quite quickly, probably before any real work could be done.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au>wrote: > ** > the corbox bit I was referring too was 2 inch and it was for removing > material quickly when following a template with the z axis (when you make > one) very much like a model 200 I think. I have not seen one but I tried it > with my z axis using a small roller to roll along the template it worked > really well. I got the idea from the legacy videos on their cnc sight they > turn shapes with a core box bit under program so I thought it they can do > it then we can do it with a manual machine. > and provided you have a fine feed and a few RPM you also get a good > finish.I must get around to making this permanent on my z axis. > see the trouble with the manual mills is (unless you use 2 handles at once > that is) is the finish is not good using the gears and one handle or the > motor with a 1/2 inch pitch is just too fast to get a nice finish turning. > there are 2 ways to fix this increase the RPM of the spindle with the same > 1/2 inch pitch hence 2 motors one on the feed and one on the spindle. > second which is a much better way I think is slow the feed rate or > pitch down instead of 1/2 inch pitch a 1/16 inch pitch which is why I > made the sprockets and chains I posted before a few days ago.one handle or > motor and a nice fine feed. and as you have discoverd it gets a really nice > finish which needs nearly no sanding > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* curt george <curtgeo...@wowway.com> > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2011 1:45 PM > *Subject:* Re: I made a new toy today. > > Hello Bill > I was going to buy a Genie garage door opener a few years back.The one I > was looking at was a DC unit with a worm gear drive. It did not pan out, > but I still think to could have worked. > I still would like to get a speed control for my motor, but the way I look > at it is, If this is made to push a person around all day long, then it > should work out well on my Legacy,since its only going to be use every once > in a while according to the job at hand. > Bill can you remind me, You said something a while back,about using a > corebox bit to turn a nice finish on a spindle? What size bit? and what was > the purpose? roughing out or ...? Now that I too have a spindle motor drive > I would like to explore any and or all possibilities, where getting a > better finish on a turning is concerned. > Thank you. > C.A.G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 07, 2011 9:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: I made a new toy today. > > a great motor too if you can get one for our legacy's is a shop sliding > door motor you know those electric doors on every shop and supermarket now > I was going into a shop a few days ago and one was apart being repaired > and I was talking to the repair man its a 12volt dc motor geared slow and > lots of grunt > I bet it work really well on our machines provided you can get one of > corse > > Bill > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* curt george <curtgeo...@wowway.com> > *To:* Legacy Google group <Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:03 PM > *Subject:* I made a new toy today. > > Hello Everyone. > Today I finely finished my spindle motor drive unit.And I did it somewhat > differently than what everyone else has already done. > instead of hooking up the spindle drive into the head stock, I used the > tail stock side instead. > My reasons were many for doing it this way, "but in a nut shell" the > biggest reason I did what I did was, I just could not get the materials to > make the motor > and the trencher gears,work on every position the Legacy could be moved > to. So instead of going through the front door, I went through the back > door instead. ;-) > > The motor is a 12 volt DC wheel chair motor. I used a 2 1/2" riser clamp > to hold the motor, two 5/16"x4" carriage bolts and some knobs to adjust the > motor onto the Legacy > tail stock. > The gears and the chain are form an Audi timing system (car parts) > the tail stock live center is a $20.00 jet live center (on sale at Rockler) > All that I had to do was to boar out the gear to mate up to the live > center, then cut and wield the drive gear hub onto the live center. and it > was done! ;-) > "O" I did have to take apart the chain and shorten it a bit as well.But > any kid who has worked on a bike can do that. 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