RE: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

[mwfoscue]

Joe,
As I read Bill's comments - I got to thinking:  Months ago you told us your business was essentially making "custom drapery rods". 
In MY mind, drapery rods are no bigger around than maybe THREE INCHES - MAXIMUM!!  Yes - some may be 16 feet LONG - but NOT 16" in diameter.
Are you now producing them for "The Giant's Castle" from "Jack and the Beanstalk" or perhaps a "Gulliver-esque" theme park?
I'm beginning to think that you are going to try to land a contract to replace the huge columns on The White House.  ;-)

On a serious note:  Why this apparent change in direction of your business model?

I gotta admit - you keep us both educated AND entertained.
Thanks for the continuing updates - I do enjoy & appreciate them.
Mac

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bulkeley
Sent: Jan 26, 2015 11:24 PM
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

Very nice i will be interested to see if the gear linkages will still  reach to fit all the gears when finished

This will really extend the size of work you will be able to do

Bill

 

From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:54 PM
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Subject: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

 

starting a separate discussion  regarding enlarging the turning capacity of my legacy, as i have decided to proceed with this project...although, i am still a bit nervous about this mod...what you are looking at are the prototypes of the vertical supports and the cross braces...the vertical supports were easy enough...some 2" X 3". cold rolled steel is a very nice match...the width is the same as the legacy piece, the depth about 3/16" deeper than the legacy piece, but that does not matter... and leaving it a full, rectangular tube will only make the whole support stronger...i cut the legacy support in such a way that if i need to lengthen the vertical slot(where the bed support brace attaches), i can always do that later once i mock everything up...this work was a simple cut and weld procedure...the cross brace was done in a similar fashion but i had to cut a section out of the 2 X 3 tubing lengthwise and weld it back together again, so it matched the width of the brace...a bit more work than the support, but it came out well...everything goes back together as legacy originally intended it to do...a bit relieved these two pieces came out as well as they did, but it took more time than i anticipated and with many more pieces i have left to do, this is going to be a longer project than i originally thought...any and all comments welcome...and you all can save the "joe, you must be crazy" comments, as i already know that!...thanks...joe

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