1. The sides could be binding the inner rails when you are lowering the bed. However, what you are mostly seeing though is normal. Once your bed is lowered it's a normal procedure to measure all four corners to see if you are in the right place. For cutting tapers, it will not matter much.
2. The delrin bushing should not be tight at all. You might have to file them to fit the rails. Also check for damaged or bent aluminum rails. Also check for screws that hold the delrin bushings are not too long possibly hitting the aluminum rail. Dynaglide is a unique product. It's readily available from magnate.net. It does help the machine move and I would highly recommend it. 3. Sounds like you have an eliminator chuck. It sounds like it's out of balance and needs to be either cleaned or reinstalled properly. There is an installation instruction that covers this but I can't seem to find it at the moment. Maybe Roger Phebey can help with this one. Your level of vibration seems really extreme! 4. Hard to tell what you are describing. Maybe others can see the problem. The PS. You can bolt your stock directly to the pilaster dogs but making a center core like you are talking about sounds good. Don't use a hub on both ends of your blocks. The hub will screw up your tailstock. The plating on the hub is harder than the tailstock and it will wear a groove into the cone center. See the bottom of this page for something that I called a bolt on puck. http://ornamentalmills.com/tips/live_tailstock/index.html There was also a good conversation about pilaster dogs that lead to me making some custom sizes for a couple of members here. I also explored the idea of making multi-sided pilasters but I never took it any further. That thread is mostly here: http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills/browse_thread/thread/cb5de1853e9df8a2/db390ffd7875c83c?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=pilaster#db390ffd7875c83c The other part is here: http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills/browse_thread/thread/41563a01f81a07fd/96b5b1fa4c3974ba?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=pilaster#96b5b1fa4c3974ba -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: Brandon Khoury To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 7:40 PM Subject: Legacy 1000ex setup questions. Hello everyone, I'm new to the group and would like to run a few issues by you and gather some ideas. I recently picked up a "new to me" legacy 1000ex. It was transported largely assembled and I was reluctant to completely disassmeble the machine and reassmble it. I did, however, take apart the sled and square it up. I have run through several test turnings, playing with tapers and twists. I understand the setup, but the tests have revealed a few issues: 1) During a taper test, I noticed that when I lowered the tail end, the two rails did not remain parallel. A noticeable twist resulted. I needed a 4" drop of the tail end from the head. The left rail of the tail was set to 4" and the right rail was at least an inch off. My initial though was to make sure the drive screw, that lowers the tail, was centered on the cross rail and was secure. It was centered and did not move. So, I really have no idea how to resolve the issue. 2) When I squared up the sled, I set the delrin slides right up against the rails on both the x and y axis rails to prevent the sled from lifting or twisting. It is very secure now with very little slop. However, there is a lot of friction when attempting to slide the sled by hand. I have not purchased any dynaglide yet. Is the dynaglide enough to free up the sled, or is there potentially a more serious issue with the setup? Is there an alternative to Dynaglide? I know it is difficult to make a recomemdation without seeing the setup, so I can get some pitures if needed. 3)The router came equiped with the quick release locking nut. Its a great idea, but the router would vibrate violently. To the point that the plastic dust attachment broke off. I immediately removed the quick disconnect and set it aside. Has anyone else had this experience? Was there a solution to the problem? 4) Below is a photo of one of my test turnings with a rope twist. I hope you can make it out, but if not, the issue is the presence of waves in the rope twist. I have several thoughts. They could be due to any of the following or a combination there of, im just not sure which: 1) the bit is spinning too fast. 2) the bit is spinning too slow. 3) the rate of truning the spindle is to fast. 4) the rate of turning the spindle is too slow. 5) the bit was too loose in the chuck. I think that's it for now. Thanks in advance for your input and I look forward to bouncing ideas off you in the future. P.S. On that note, I have an idea about pilaster dogs but i haven't tested it out yet. It appears to me that the dogs available through Legacy require you to have scrap material that is screwed into the plate. My idea uses two scraps of 4x4 posts that I had left over from my workbench project. Attach an indexing hub to the end of one 4x4x4 block, attach the waste material of the pilaster to the two blocks. Then inserts the indexing hub and center the tail block. It works in my head at least. The nice part is that you arent limited to the size of the dogs and you can also create a block with more than 4 sides. Just an idea. -- 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. 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