Hi Begat, That's a surprise that the 9" advertised swing is not the real max. How short is your machine of turning 9"?
A no cost simple temporary mod would be to remove the bolts that hold the bed to the legs (1/4-20) and drop the bed till it bottoms out on the frame. Then for install 4 of the large locking plates in the aluminum rail on the side and bolt the bed to the legs as usual. That will gain you about a 1/2". I know you can machine the slots in the legs an additional 1/2" and that should do it as well. It's an hour job at any machine shop. Personally, if I was making pilaster I would want 8 or more mounted at a time. That means lowering the spindle in the legacy to accommodate say a 20" swing. I recall that's close to what Bill can do with his lowered setup. In my opinion, it's not that radical. You can see his lowered spindle in his side mounted mod page. http://ornamentalmills.com/Bill_Bulkeley/side_cutting_mod.html -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Begat" <bega...@gmail.com> To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:46 PM Subject: Re: Pilaster Dogs New thoughts Hello All, I share Jeff's reasoning completely. And as for useability, that really does depend on what you are trying to accomplish. The other day I was in a hotel and the furniture in the chain was made by a small American company. One of the things they made was the rack that you put your suitcase on. Until that moment, I had wondered what I would use the 1.5 inch pilaster dog for. It turns out that the rack used four of them. You could special order an octagon that could cut eight of those at once and perhaps go into production. By the way, my TK 6 inch pilaster dog came today in the mail. Thanks Tim. My 900 sits on blocks so I get the max swing, and 9" is not it. I'm limited not from below or from the side but from the top. If I could drop the bed just a bit further, I could swing the 9 inches (6 inch dog plus 2x1.5 inch stock. ) I already know I can use them on my Artisan with it's 11 inch swing, but I want to see what it takes to use them on the 900. I believe I need the TK leg upgrade. That extra height would do the job. Begat On Feb 23, 4:43 pm, "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> wrote: > Strangely enough I really like your answers Jeff. > Something new, not done before,and a little different. AWESOME Answers Jeff, > I realy like your mind set! ;-) > > Now let me put my cards on the table on this topic, > Pilaster Dag's I have never seen much value in them for the most part. The > few times that I needed them I just used a 4x4 and made plywood ends (for > the screws to hold onto) and then when necessary a dab of hot melt glue in > the middle to keep everything solid. > Now I have never needed to make more than 20 turnings in any job that Ive > had, So Large production jobs I've not had. but for my time and money I find > the old scrap or dunnage pile to be more useful for me. The plywood and > screw pockets also sound like a much cheaper way to go about it, to me. > > Please don't get my wrong, Im not trying to under cut Tim's production > ability (or his starving artist prices.) I just don't see the value in these > dogs. Can anyone explain why these things are so widely valued to so many > people? > > I have to go now, Im pulling a double shift tonight. Have a good evening. > C.A.G. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Becker" <jwb...@insightbb.com> > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: Pilaster Dogs New thoughts > > My intentions of making it 5 sides was for 2 reasons, first it will allow > them to use a larger and thicker board, and still do more at a time than 4 > sided ones, and it would also be something Legacy did not make so you could > still make it. From what I have seen posted on here most want a larger > piece of wood, and want the process sped up. That could help both things > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:18:15 PM > Subject: Re: Pilaster Dogs New thoughts > > Yes but it hardly seems worth it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jwb...@insightbb.com> > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:24 AM > Subject: Re: Pilaster Dogs New thoughts > > > You know you can also change it to 5 sides. > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -- > 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 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-mills@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. 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