Hello And Good morning Joe. (and everyone else.) ;-) Joe I like your mock-up. One suggestion though, on the middle gear, instead of adding a ball-bearing on/in it, how about going one step further and making a square shaft that turns and keep the gear as is. this way if you need, you can always add a smaller gear in the place of this 60 tooth gear ,(My thinking is if the mill is up, a smaller gear could be placed in its spot to make up the difference for height.) I have made my own "Poor man's gear Multiplier, years ago, and used a Stainless Steel screw as the center and then just drilled a hole thought a 1/4" square stock, Its not as precise as a ball bearing, but its small, simple and it works well for me. perhaps you could try something like it to fill in your gear train? I wish you the best of luck on your project. have a good day. C.A.G. ----- Original Message -----
From: "'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 8:01:57 PM Subject: Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy latest update...head stocks done and set up on the mill...tail stock as well...reinforced the tail stock to give it some additional strength so it won't twist or warp...did the same to the head stocks as well, just in case...everything lines up and spinning true, as it was before...did a mock up of what i hope to be the modified gear train...simply used cable ties for now...this idea seems to be the way to go...it will be quick and easy...just some cutting and welding...setting up the one gear with that small ball bearing will be a bit difficult, but doable...in this mock up the measurement from the center of the head stock to the center of the lead screw is 15 1/4"...of course this can change as the bed goes up and down(bed is currently set for a 15" diameter turning)...going to give this some thought over the weekend, but if i feel i like it, i'll start modifying the gear train on monday...as always, all comments, critiques and suggestions are welcome...thanks...joe <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/d/optout . -- 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.
