Re: "Z" axis template follower

[MWF]

Joe,
I "Ditto" Curtis' comment:  "WOW!" Great job!
Mac

---

---

-----Original Message-----
From: CURTIS GEORGE
Sent: Mar 12, 2015 7:06 PM
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: "Z" axis template follower

OK Joe

Now you've got me, I'm down right impressed! That is ONE SLICK set up! 

( I Need some time to compose my thoughts, But for now all I can say At this time, is WOW!)  ;-)

C.A.G.

---

From: "'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com>
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:58:39 PM
Subject: Re: "Z" axis template follower

hey curtis!...and anyone else in the group...attached are photos of my "Z" carriage set up to do a faceplate milling operation...for reference, the plywood mock up piece in the photos is 19 1/2" in diameter, which is the maximum capacity of my mill...in the first photo is an aluminum plate i added last year...the plate measures 5/8" thick X 5" wide X 12" long, with proper aligned mounting holes that match the legacy steel plate...the holes are drilled every 1" for different mounting heights...this will allow me to lower the rotary table and router down to a  level to reach the center of any large faceplate turning...once lowered down you would simply use the rotary table  and rotate the router 90 degrees, so the router bit is perpendicular to the work piece...a faster way to get to this point is to simply lower the router down a bit, and then use the tilting feature of the rotary table to swing the router down(2nd photo), and then rotate the router to a position that is perpendicular to the work piece(3rd photo)...and doing it this way also has the advantage of rotating the router further, so the router bit can cut in an arc type pattern(4th photo)...in the router chuck is a typical, ball shaped router bit to show this better...the setting of the angle of attack for the router bit is infinite with this set up of tilts and rotations... you can also then use a template follower on the "Y" axis(will work on that mod some day!) to do profiles on a faceplate work piece...now once i finish the "Z" axis template follower, that particular operation can be done with the legacy circular table attachment, but i like the crisp, positive indexing that the head stock can provide if i choose to do a work piece as a face plate turning...but as mentioned, there are infinite possibilities and options that i haven't even thought of yet to do all kinds of work...technically, i could do under cuts on a spindle coming in from the six o'clock position if the spindle was of a certain size...now, why would i want to do that?, i don't know...but maybe mac can figure that out and let us know!...LMAO!...anyway, work gets back to the counter weight i need, tomorrow...perhaps an update will be forthcoming...thanks for the read...all comments welcome...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.