@jeff...agree!.. in today's economy, a lot of companies are willing to take on work with less restrictions than they previously had...so getting the rails made might be more feasible...although it would give my machine a cleaner look when done, i do not feel it is absolutely necessary to go through the expense to have one piece rails...the base we are making is going to be like a rock!...straight and true in all planes...17" tall by 20" deep...a total of 12 pieces of 3/4" baltic birch plywood, 16" tall, all on edge...so simply putting the machine on this base solves the problem of sagging...we made a scale model of the base in the shop and it is very strong, on all planes...with the added bonus of being able to come apart(it is over 15 ft. when assembled), for future transportation ...the bed is a different problem though...there i intend to add some 1 1/2' square aluminum tubing with a 1/4" wall to the underside of the bed rail...certainly over the joint, but most likely a bit more to stiffen up the bed rails...i will most likely lose some tapering adjustment, but i can live with that...even if i am on an uneven floor, the base will not "rack"(i.e. twist) out of shape...legacy solved this problem on the 2000 by building that massive steel base...but their's did not come apart so transporting it was a problem...and the one i am building will be 16ft. overall(15ft. bet. centers), so i wanted to use a wood engineered design...but i would like to find that extrusion for other reasons!...so if anyone out there has any info regarding where to get it made, or perhaps the original manufacturer, please pass that info along and let's see it is an option...thanks for the input jeff...joe biunno
On Monday, August 26, 2013 4:42:15 PM UTC-4, finu...@aol.com wrote: > > found greg walker's contact info in this forum...thanks to tim...called > him and had a great conversation with him regarding the lead screw > supports...was kind enough to take the time to send me a slew of photos and > a couple of videos of the support doing it's thing...that is, getting out > of the way as the carriage approaches and returning to it's support > position...i have attached a photo of the support and will try to attach > the video in a separate post...great stuff and a great person to have > shared this info...many thanks to greg...now onto the lead screw > issue...and tomorrow we begin building the knock-downable base...actually > made a scaled version of the three-part base and it is all good...photos to > follow...joe biunno > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
