Biggest initial challenge with this conversion was getting a motor mounting plate from Legacy, this was a number of years ago so I'm not sure if they still offer those. Also had to explore limit switches and how to set those up on the Legacy. You will also need a set of .25 reduction gears for turning stock round. As you can see in the pic I mounted the controller in a fixed position and operate with the mobile hand controller which is just two toggle switches, one is on/off for the motor, the other is a limit switch override, easy smeazy. Once I had it up and running it was a joy to operate, you just stand back and let the motor do the turning for you. As with all things there is a learning curve, for me it was adjusting the motor speed to make the best cuts, i.e., easy does it.
On Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 8:54:46 PM UTC-7, BRUCE TAYLOR wrote: > > I recently picked up a legacy 1200 mill and I am looking forward to > getting it put together and using it to do some projects, I want to make > some posts and other ornate items, I bought a showboat cmc 5x12 about 6 > years ago and use regularly in my cabinet and countertop business, wanted > to buy a mill then but never got around to it, so when I had the > opportunity to pick up one I jumped at the chance. I am interested in > adding the drive motor to it, I see some people have added other > aftermarket options, I would like to know what suggestions as to the pros > and cons of adding the drive s are, I added a 36" cmc indexer to my cmc bur > have not used it much. Thanks in advance for the help. > -- 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.
