Hello and Good morning everyone. Bill your dropbox link is empty. Bob, your question on using the template follower is both hard and easy to do, all depending on what you are looking to make.
the Easy part . General template following. (this is for both flat work and spindles turning.) Most Legacy's have a set of angle brackets that are mounted onto the back outside rails, this bracket is designed to hold template, It is easiest to make a template out of wood, giving you the general profile of the shape you want to make. Once you have your template mounted, you must align the router and template, (as a general rule this is one way that you can do it. but there are other ways as well.) I find the center line,I lock the router bit (lets use a 1/2" straight cutter,for this example.) I put the edge of the router bit/carriage at the center of the Legacy, (use your tailstock center as the point of alignment.) and lock the carriage at this point, Next you must align your follower with the template. (remember you are at the center of the machine, so you must have the template have a centerline marked on it as well.)( its easy to forget this, and just line up the center with the edge or your template.) Once you have the centers aligned, you can then unlock your carriage (Y axis) and put your follower into the edge of your template. You must leave the Y axis unlocked while using the template follower, using this method. Once the template is mounted correctly, the follower will guide your Y-axis As you move your carriage along your X axis. For spindle turning, you have to cut form the side, (not form the top like you do when you are roping.) NOW you have a choice of ways you want to cut, the easiest and safest way (for your first time.) is to lock your spindle in place and do a flat cut form the side, once cut, you then index the part a little and then re-run the router/carriage after every index making your spindle round,or any shape you want. (remember to take light/small cuts, More cuts, may take time, but its the safest way to do this. if you hog off the wood its easy to lose control ...) Now once you understand the concept, you can go into a more advanced method . I have made for my Legacy a spindle drive mover, which spins the work piece independent form the Legacy's gearing. What I do is, once the spindle is spinning, I lock the carriage (X movement.) and leave the Y axis un-locked. then I (Using my motor control to move the carriage) I just start cutting form the side of the machine and follow the template, like a copy lathe dose.This method is Much faster then what first method that I explained. But take baby steps, SAFETY IS IMPORTANT . If you don't understand what you are doing, Then DON'T Try it! For using the template follower on flat stock it is basically the same set up, But this time you will be cutting form the top, and its more a one to one copy, Where the router follower goes the router motor will follow. Using this method you can make boxes and moldings and all other kinds of Neat stuff. http://legacywoodworking.com/techniques.cfm There use to be a number of videos on You-tube videos showing the Legacy cutting molding from a template but I can not find those video's at this min. I have videos (VHS Tapes.) But I have no way of getting those videos onto this site. (at this time.) Hopefully someday soon Tim and I will be able to down load all the videos that We have onto the group site? but sadly this is not the case at this time. I wish you luck on your ventures. and Please let us know how it all turns out. ;-) Have a good day. C.A.G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bulkeley" <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 3:31:36 AM Subject: RE: Using Pattern Opps sorry forgot the link https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bulkeley Sent: Saturday, 23 January 2016 6:32 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Using Pattern Try here let me know if it doesn’t work I’m not sure if I copied it properly. Legacy has given the members of this group permission to share with each other Information on the old legacy mills but only to members so please do not share outside the group Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob C Sent: Saturday, 23 January 2016 1:48 PM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Subject: Using Pattern I have a LOM 1800, does anyone known of a video how to set-up a pattern to duplicate parts. -- 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 . No virus found in this message. 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