Hello Joe Those legs are Awesome As far as the Drill press goes, we have had two postings on that topic. (I can and will post pictures latter, but you conputer system is down for repairs,hopefully It will be back soon.) AnyHow one of our members just made a sled and mounted a small drill press on it, placing the sled on the Legacy rails... And I made the other, I made a slide rail and mounted it onto my Legacy's carriage. then made a bracket to hold my drill motor, using a pivot point and a stainless steel arm I was able to use that for the plunging movement. It worked out pretty good for me. Ive been playing around with the idea of buying a Panograph machine from Peachtree inc. for $49.00 and then making and mounting a side table (for the paper templates), then to use that on my Legacy to do some detail work.Ii know that the panograph is made for sign work... but its just an idea in my head at this min. I have some other projects in the works as we speak. (one thing at a time...) ;-) so for now this is just an idea. but on the flip side of this topic , I did a few months ago make an adjustabe table the mounts on my carriage where I can mount a templet and lower that over a spindle, then carve the design with my Dremal. ( I will post some pictures latter.Again I dont have my files on this lap top.) Ive done some testing on this, but I am not done testing it yet. ITS JUST to cold to do anything in my garage,and I dont have the time it takes to heat the place in the evenings. ;-( But when the temp.s get back to a nice 50 deg or wormer I will get back to work on my pet projects. Keep up the good work Joe. Have a great day Everyone.
C.A.G. ----- Original Message ----- ok, seems you guys miss me and my insanity...update time...well, business STINKS!...have not had sti opportunity to take "elvis" out for a test runs yet, things are that bad...any straight fluting or reeding(on poles,legs or finials) we might do, we do on our shaper using a "french" spindle and an indexing head...excellent for straight and/or shaped pieces...the legacy could never do this as fast as this method does the job...the legacy is used for twist work...and so far not a single job has been presented to us...but the cnc debate is interesting...just finished making a pair of benches that had a custom designed leg(see attached photo) that i was able to send to a friend's company that has a 10 spindle computerized CNC machine...we first carved a model leg, he then scanned it, prepped the blanks and the machine took over...automatic,computerized bit changes made his work none labor intensive...of course there was a good amount of time in the scanning process and then a lot of time cleaning the scan up and additional detailing that the scanning missed...all done at a reasonable price that fit into our budget...makes investing in CNC equipment very attractive but only if the work is there to keep the machine going...and there lies the problem...from a business standpoint, our shop currently does not have the work to justify the purchase of a CNC...and to also consider the time in learning various code programs and what not...now if i was 30 years old, my approach would be different...to think i might have opportunities to use a CNC over the next 35-40 years, i think i would consider making the investment...but at this juncture(59), i feel i cannot have an expensive piece of equipment sitting idle in my shop...so i feel it best to stick to farming certain parts of out to other shops that have the latest CNC machines and using my legacy for poles, longer work and any twist work that i might have...and i do check in on this group several times a day and am especially interested in the drill press add-on that was posted not to long ago...this was something i had on a list of accessories we planned to make for the big guy...except we were planning to set up a quick release and attach method for different accessories like a drill press and perhaps a mortiser and of course routers(one with the angled/rotary table we made and a straight forward router)...all these would simply "click" onto the Z axis platform...now some of these ideas are a bit out there and perhaps not very prudent but since machinery and machinery modifications are also a bit of a hobby to me, i enjoy spending some spare time and some spare money(if i ever get any!) to achieve some of these goals...certainly will post photos of anything worthwhile...any comments,good or bad, are certainly welcome...joe biunno On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:48:28 AM UTC-5, Va Oak wrote: Hi Joe! Yes, you Joe. - we have not heard from you in quite a while. Are you busy building an even bigger LOM? ;-) How about some pics of what "The Beast of The East" has produced - like perhaps some really long & fancy drapery rods? Hope all is well with you & your company (and that you are still in business/able to stay that way - given our current economic situation). Mac <blockquote> -----Original Message----- From: joe biunno Sent: Feb 25, 2014 8:40 AM To: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com Cc: mwfo...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Legacy Artisan 72 for Sale in Southern California asking 18000 mac, are you referring to me?...joe biunno On Monday, February 24, 2014 12:52:47 PM UTC-5, Va Oak wrote: <blockquote> We have not heard from "Jumpin' Joe" in New York in quite a while - maybe, if he sees the post, he'll travel to CA and bring it "back East". :-) What about that, Joe? Mac <blockquote> -----Original Message----- From: " storm...@snet.net " Sent: Feb 24, 2014 12:42 PM To: legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Legacy Artisan 72 for Sale in Southern California asking 18000 <blockquote> I would be interested if I wasn't at the other end of the country. </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> -- 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. 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