Regarding the chuck issue. Does the manual illustrate or mention using a 1"
shaft collar to tighten the chuck against? This spaces the chuck further away
from the headstock and provides a mount that is truer than screwing the chuck
to the end of the threads on the spindle.
The gears should never be binding. Either the tilt is too much for the gears
or the gears are not tensioned right. The gears should have a few thousands of
an inch of spacing between each other. In other words, you would not want to
bottom out the gears.
Did you get a "Double Locking Collar" with your machine? It will help with the
stock drive method that is a #2MT that fits into the spindle and has a four
leaf clover on it.
-Tim
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From: mostlyc...@yahoo.com
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Cc: rhp...@googlemail.com
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: New Evolution
Hi Roger,
Thanx to you (and Andy) that worked. although it still turns pretty hard once
I tighten the gear train back up. If I just let it sit in my hand it turns with
ease, if I just barely tighten the screw it turns OK, and then it slips out of
the gear, if I tighten it just enough to hold it, it turns much harder. Guess
I can live with that as tapering won't be an everyday chore. 2 other things
that are problematic, the plastic block that the gear mechanism sets into (the
part the screw threads into) has already stripped. Fortunately, there is a
flip side with a fresh set of threads in it (I have been really gentle on
tightening, so I think they should look into a metal thread insert). Secondly,
I have a slew of Nova Chucks and looked forward to inserting one of them (1x8)
onto the headstock that was made for woodworking chucks. Just one little
problem, most chucks are 4in diameter and by the time you screw them on, you
can't release the gear lock on the Evo (little pin on the spring for locking
gear to do things like flutes). You can't get the chuck on while the pin is
disengaged and you can't get it out of the gear plate once the chuck is on. I
have a couplle of the old Nova Scroll chucks (15 yrs old) and they have a
stepped back to them that just clears this problem by about 1/8 in.
Unfortunately I can't find a 1x8 insert for them as they are to old. I checked
with some other chuck (oneWay) and they are all 4 in or larger. I can't
believe someone at Legacy didn't think this out better! So now I have a
machine that doesn't have a turntable, doesn't have a follower, doesn't have a
Design Kit available, doesn't do any of the (fancy) projects shown in videos,
and now can't screw a standard chuck on the head stock (which was an advertised
feature in the video). No wonder some the folks on this forum get upset.
Sorry for venting (not your fault),
Dan
On Thursday, January 9, 2014 2:59:55 PM UTC-9, Roger P wrote:
Hi Dan
To adjust the taper on your Evolution you have to loosen the gear train,
set your taper and then re-engage the gear train. It works the same as a Model
900, 1200, 1800 etc.
How do I know, well I just called Andy who is driving from Hartford to West
Springfield to get ready for tomorrows show.
Enjoy your Evo!
Just think that if you decide to go CNC sometime in the future your machine
is up-gradeable.
Regards
Euro Roger
From: mostl...@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:01 PM
To: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Evolution
I retired last week - Ho-ray!!!!!
Just starting to get familiar with my Evolution and have a question - when
I adjust the bed for tapering, do I have to disengage the gears first (can
tapering be done only with the hand crank)? I tried (gently) to lift the
tapering bed and it really seemed that the gears were binding (only the gear
attached to the headstock was tilting and it soon bound up on the other gears).
I'm new, nothing in the manual about this, and apparently Legacy is not
answering support emails.
Thanx,
Dan
On Friday, November 1, 2013 3:29:23 PM UTC-8, Curtis wrote:
I also wanted to add, if you have any questions Please ask, I'm sure that
as a collective we can figure out any problems that may arise.
As far as the template set, You can make your own using hardboard or
plexie -glass. both are cheap to buy and easy to work with.
One word of advice, PLAY with your machine first, and see what you can
do. use cheap wood, firewood old 2x4's stuff that will not cost you any money,
Mistakes will happen, so plan for the worst, in that way the you can only
succeed and not fail. ;-)
Have a good time using your machine, Please keep us up to date on your
adventures.
C.A.G.
----- Original Message -----
From: curt george
To: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: New Evolution
Congratulations Dan.
Please take a lot of pictures.
C.A.G.
----- Original Message -----
From: mostl...@yahoo.com
To: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 1:24 PM
Subject: New Evolution
Tim, et al.
As promised, new Evolution was manufactured and delivered to me here
in Alaska within the promised timeframe. I haven't taken it out of the crate
as of yet but will probably get into it this weekend. They no longer make the
template kit, so if anyone has one that they would like to sell, please let me
know. I know absolutely zilch about this machine so I will start going through
the process of coming up to speed (and will probably ask some questions as time
goes on. It seems that all the extra accessories are no longer available (turn
table, follower, etc) so I will be inquiring if anyone has any alternative mods
to help with that.
Appreciate this forum much,
Dan
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