Hello Peter the pulley is 10" and made out of cast iron, I found it in a box of old pulleys at work. (it most likely went to an old air compressor, but your guess is as good as mine?) I had to make a sleeve for this pulley center hole, the hole was 3/4"and it needs to be 5/16" to have it mate up with the Legacy headstock, I used an 3/4" round stock and drilled it out so that the screw will fit into and through the pulley. Latter I added a flat so that the pulley's set screw would hold the center in place. then I cut my notch to fit the Legacy head stock, I had to do the same trick on the 2" alum pulley that I used on the motor as well. (although no notch was needed on the motor.)
Its time for dinner,So I have to go. Talk to you all latter. Have a good night. C.A.G. ----- Original Message ----- From: parr...@aol.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 4:56 PM Subject: Re: Legacy Spindle Motor Curt, I like it. Where did you get the wheel mounted to your Legacy and what is it's dia? Peter -----Original Message----- From: curt george <curtgeo...@wowway.com> To: Legacy Google group <Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 6:16 pm Subject: Legacy Spindle Motor Hello Everyone. I have a new toy that I wanted to share with you all. Its not a new idea, Legacy originally used this type of motor set up on there Wood Chuck milling system back in the early 1990's and latter again used it on there Larger Models 2000-2200. What I've done was to adapt a motor and a pulley onto the indexing shaft,(head stock.) My set up is pretty simple, I use a hinges and a piece of uni-sturt with some pipe clamps to hold my motor, Gravity and some lead weights are all that is needed to keep enough pressure on the belt so I can use it. Let me say first, I am Really liking this motor! The Quality of my spindles finish are the finest that I have ever done on my machine with out sanding, ("O" ,I forgot to state,This motor also lets me sand on my machine as well.But more on that latter.) By speeding up the movement of the spindle, I can slow down the movement of the carriage, Letting me get the finest cuts that I've ever seen off my machine. The motor also lets me turn spindle form a templates so much easer and faster than what I have ever done before. (cutting form the side.) Now the motor that I have is a high speed motor with a rheostat to control the speed of the spindle, but honestly a much slower motor would most likely work as well.(something like 100 rpm should due nicely.) I will now send you some pictures, If anyone has any comments of questions Please ask. (I have a lot more to add to my statements, but You all know what they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. And I don't want to bog down my system. ) ;-) So here we go. Please let me know what you think. C.A.G. -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.