Tim, Thanks for the sobering entertainment. Begat
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Tim Krause <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: > ** > There is a small demand amongst the members in this group for the > railing. I'd say 5 or 10 guys. It's been a long time since a run was > made. I'm guessing 3 years at this point. I believe there was a bit of > fallout between the extruders and Legacy. The manufacturer kept increasing > the minimum order and raising the price. I would assume that Legacy owns > the die to make the extrusion. I would think they could take it anywhere > they please. If the extruder owns the die, then Legacy would have been > locked into one guy. Either way I recall a $10,000 minimum order, and that > was too much for legacy to continue. If this is the case, making another > run needs to pay for itself, and we certainly as a group don't have that > much purchasing power. Like I said, Legacy owns the design, and the only > time it was made, it was for them, it's not used by anyone else. > > Let me be perfectly clear, all this information is rumors, I don't know > anything. This post is purely entertainment :-). > > -Tim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* finun...@aol.com > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:37 AM > *Subject:* Re: you meet the nicest people on this forum...and problem > solved! > > @roger...thanks for the info...i did see the photos... and should anyone > who has their latest cnc equipment, and the evo, ever need additional > rails, for whatever reason, they will have no issues getting it...that > being the case, here are some questions...does the company that made the > extrusion that we all have on our older machines, still make that type of > railing?...would legacy allow us to purchase it directly from that > company,IF they do not want a sale of that type to go through them?...or > have the sale go through them... i might think it would not matter to any > of us what the logistics are...would that company sell to an end > user?...and in a small quantity?...and i am not referring to using the > railing only for machine extensions...i can see using it for jigs and > fixtures,especially since those black nylon glides on the carriages were > made to fit the extrusion perfectly...if we did get a green light from > legacy, i might anticipate a possible issue with the manufacturer in > regards to the "minimum quantity" issue...but i will but my pessimism aside > for a moment and hope for the best...well, just something to think > about...again, thanks for the info...much appreciated, 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
