Man this sit is so cool!!! I gots to get me one of them! You probably thought about this but you could use a photo laser tachometer to verify your rpms, I use one on my lathe and it works great. Just be careful with the import stuff, some of them are garbage. Thanks for the pictures.
On Monday, December 28, 2015 at 3:58:45 PM UTC-8, Curtis wrote: > > Hello Everyone. > This is a topic that I keep bring up, but no one ever says anything about > it, So I thought I would try one last time. ( This year.) > > This is the easiest modification you can make for your Legacy, > Its the missing link from what we Have, to what we thought we bought form > Legacy, all those years ago. > > You get a much cleaner cut, (faster too, than using the gears.) > > You want the Legacy to do some template following? "Well" This is > a must...( if you want to try following a template and cutting from the > side of the spindle.) > > What I did today was play with some rough cut poplar, Yes there is some > spalting and some rot. but this is to show you the ability the the concept. > > I found out years ago, before I made my motor drive, that if I spun the > spindle twice (or more ) for every one turn of the drive handle I got a > much better/cleaner cut. > > The motor dose not need to spin fast, mine has an adjustable speed, ( a > 110 AC motor.) but I run the spindle at appx. 300 rpm (I'm just guessing? > but its much slower than what I normally run my lathe at...And much faster > than what the Legacy will turn the spindle using the gears.) > > If I used step pulleys, I could run at any speed I liked, AC motors are > cheaper to buy/find. and you don't have to be an electrician to figger out > how they work. > > You don't need the spindle to go fast , the cutter dose the work, But the > more RPM's the spindle makes per cut, the cleaner the cut looks. Its just > that easy. > > Even if you don't have a motor drive, this method speeds up the turn rate, > and makes the spindle cut, look much better/easier... > > AND NO this will not help you out with Roping and fluting. (directly ) But > it will give you a much better spindle to start with, So in that mind-set > it dose make your roping and fluting better as well. > > You know that funny thing here is? I did not come up with this > modification. Legacy did. BUT for some reason, they put it on the > woodchuck, and not the Legacy until the model 2000 and 2200 were made. and > then they never talked about it. Its the Best keep secret in town!!! > > OK I'm done with my rant now! > If all I hear this time ,is the sound of crickets chirping to my message > . > I will let this topic die out. (at least for this year,) ;-) > > I really think this one, is the icing on the cake. > > Have a good night everyone. > C.A.G. > > > > > > > > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
