Curt: Like your idea about making 10 spindles. I can tell my daughter what you see is what you get, but they look great. Think this will fly? Gene
---------- Original Message ---------- From: "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: need help Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:09:33 -0400 Hello Gene (and everyone.)another idea would be to only make 10 spindle at a time, and make each batch different. when all fifty are finished you will have five sets of different spindles,By not make a pattern but, keeping the uniformity, might make you a very nice stair case? I've seen this done in some mid.1900's homes. the differences are, its strength. So who cares if you don't get it right, as long at everything is uniformed you win! ;-)C.A.G.----- Original Message ----- From: curt george To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 6:02 PMSubject: Re: need help Hello Gene I just got back in town. And it looks like this topic has died off. (I have not read all the rest of the messages, but I do understand as least some of the problems that you are running into.)These are just a few steps that I use when turning lots of spindle at one time. Think of turning 50 spindles like tuning just one spindle. then its not so hard. Make sure everything is uniformed. cut "ALL" spindle at on time, first the Blanks,Cut all 50 (or more) with your table saw, so that every blank is the same size and length.Then each s egment or cuts on each spindlewill be done, one at a time.until all the spindles are done, in that way every spindle will be exactly the same. If you do not have enough drive hubs for all spindles then I would suggest to use a four jaw chuck, or a jam chuck to hold each spindle. If you can not cut all at one time, then do a searies of them at a time. lest say (10per set.) What might help you out with this, would be to also make a story stick.A simple peice of wood, set to the side of the machine, where you cut into the wood on each point of the spindle, Basicly showing the profile and the deapth of of cut, so that on the future spindle all that you need to do it align the cut from the story stick and then move onto the spindle. ( Clear as mud... Right? ) ;-) Its not that hard. (If I can do it, Anyone can do it!) I just takes a little pratice that's all.Humans do not work like CNCmachines So dont even try do it that way.Lets put it this way.My Mom always told me, "You do one thing at a time, You do it the best that you can, and then you move on." the same thing goes for spindle work. ;-)"Well" That's Just my two cents worth of it.I wish you luck.And Please keep us posted on the results.C.A.G.----- Original Message ----- From: regal...@juno.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Cc: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:38 PMSubject: need help Does anybody know of a person near Culpeper,VA that would be willing to teach me how to use my Legacy mill. Bought it on ebay about 5 months ago, made improvements but don't know how to use it. Need to know price per hour, day or what. ASAP Thanks Gene -- -- -- --
