You're right Curt, the bearings can be removed and just put the old spindle
back in.
For the lazy guy:
McMaster-Carr
2- 9414T13
2- 6338k427
1- 6391k245
1- 12" cold roll steel .625
Hey Jon, I remember your upgrades. What size of stock do you normally turn
that made you decide to update your head and tailstock?
-Tim
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From: CURTIS GEORGE
To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: New legacy headstock
Hello Jon
Can you show us some more on those linear bearings on your carriage assembly.
Ive been playing around with the same ideas, of using a flat (low profile)
rail that would fit into the extruded alum. have you found any problems with
the saw dust building up, with those bearings? The only problems with this idea
is first the price, and secondly, How Murphy proof is this idea.( Murphy's
laws.Any thing that can go wrong, Will go wrong. )
I'm sorry I don't want to swipe this topic, please send me an e-mail at
curtgeo...@wowway.com This head-stock topic is to good to rune.
I have been a big fan of re-designing the head-stock on the Legacy for a
while. Tim's bushings idea is an easy fix, and one where you can buy your own
parts at any hardware store nation wide.
Although I think Ball bearings are a better choice, over bushings. The idea
of going with a smaller shaft would make things much easier, for anyone, who
wants to make there own equipment and keep the original machine more or less
the same as went they bough it.
C.A.G.
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From: "Jon Preston" <jpres...@columbus.rr.com>
To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 7:52:13 PM
Subject: Re: New legacy headstock
Interesting approach to the headstock. I found the supplied headstock to be
a bit too flimsy for some work, and difficult to adjust. I fabricated my own
with a few bits and pieces including a lead screw and Morse taper adapter that
will allow me to put a variety of different things on the headstock. The one I
made is quite a bit more robust and does not move or flex under load. The rest
of the mill is modified in a similar fashion to improve accuracy, repeatability
and precision. It all rides on linear bearings and all axis's include DRO's.
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