http://lignolathe.com/en/technical_description/index.htm - One of my favorite gadget lathe and accessories that have been thought out.
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: joe biunno To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Cc: joe biunno Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:20 AM Subject: Re: are our mills already "extinct"? harvey's work is exceptional...that is an accepted fact...but what i find interesting, is all the gizmos and gadgets he made( and there are a lot!) to do all the intricate cuts...i have seen them and seen how they work on a lathe and it is some great stuff...and i could see a challenge being made if any current cnc could do the kind of things that he is capable of doing now...but how long is it before a robotic arm type of cnc is to be used to do decorative work on a spindle or bowl?...too far off into the future you say?...might be here sooner than we might imagine...older, out of date robotics might become available for re-purposing in the woodworking industry(if they are not here already)...then all linear x,y, z, z1,z2,etc axis' become obsolete(except in computer programming language)...the key being a simple, yet complete, computer program designed specifically for the woodworking industry...if it ever happens, hope i live long enough to see it!...just some random rumblings on a boring monday...joe -- 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/d/optout.