Hi Curtis, Thank you for your reply. I got the picture form a company that uses CNC lathes: http://www.heartwoodcarving.com/full-round-half-or-34-corner-columns VERY nice work. I hope I will be able to do such turnings soon Emmanuel
PS: The answering system is quite confusing. I am not sure my replies are posted public or not... Le mercredi 29 mars 2017 01:04:02 UTC-4, Curtis a écrit : > > > Good evening Emmanuel. > With the Legacy 1800, 10" is the max. dia. of the turning stock. On the > Wood Chuck (an earlier version of the LOM.) larger dia.'s are possible, due > to a different design/frame work of the mill, but with a 1800 you are > limited to work with in the rails. Now there may be a way to modify that??? > (but I don't know how to do that. at this time.)(but having said that, when > there is a will, there is ALWAYS a way.) ;-) > Now Legacy did make a monster mill, (2500) that could turn the post you > are thinking about, (And they do pop up on E-bay every so often.) But again > different design/frame work from the 1800 that you are looking at . > > I just looked at your photo. what pitch is that post? that's a good > looking turning! > > Its late. and I have to be up early tomorrow. > > Welcome to the group. I am looking forward to talking to you more latter. > Have a good night. > > C.A.G. > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Bill Bulkeley" <bulk...@mmnet.com.au <javascript:>> > *To: *legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Sent: *Wednesday, March 29, 2017 12:18:31 AM > *Subject: *RE: LOM 1800 and long spirals > > If your using the standard gears with the 2x multiply gears the maximum > pitch is 15 inches > > But if you have the 4x multiplier gear set which replaces all the standard > gears the maximum pitch is 120 inch pitch > > Bill > > > > *From:* legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of > *Emmanuel > Peluchon > *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 March 2017 9:03 AM > *To:* Legacy Ornamental Mills > *Subject:* LOM 1800 and long spirals > > > > Hi every one, > > > > This is my firt post in your group. I have my cabinet maker/wood turner > shop in Bedford (Quebec) just 10 minutes away from Vermont. > > I am very impressed by the quality and creativity of your group. I am very > happy I could find it ! > > > > I plan to acquire a LOM 1800 considering that it is probably the only > dedicated non CNC tool for spiral work on turnings. > > This mean that for around $2500 you get a tool that a 10,000$ CNC lathe is > not even able to do: making spiral job on 96' colomns. > > In some posts I saw that some of you succeded in transforming their mill > to accept up to 18'' diameter turnings which makes it even more appealing! > > > > My question is what is the maximum pitch you could get for spiral drive on > your mill for large diameters (colomns)? > > Is this kind of long spirals possible with a LOM 1800? See the picture > > > > Thank you. > > Emmanuel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > 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 > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- 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.
