The z axis gives you a much deeper reach than a plunge router . i went even further and had it tilt
http://ornamentalmills.com/Bill_Bulkeley/tilting-z-axis/index.html which let me do things like in this http://ornamentalmills.com/Bill_Bulkeley/Candlestick/index.html and also this could be made as well even though i did it on a modified revo http://www.ornamentalmills.com/Bill_Bulkeley/bolts/index.html having a z axis and tilting it opens up a whole new area of ornamental milling. in my opinion that’s what is the advantage of a z axis Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Ellis Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2017 7:52 PM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Subject: Z axis advantage or disadvantage ?? Can someone explain the advantage of having an Z axis as opposed to a plunge router. I have both the Woodchuck and the Revo, and the best, in my opinion and it may be only my opinion and not others!!! These two LOM's seem to work well together. Although the Revo rails could be a little longer I have set the wheels in motion for getting a drive motor/ speed control, limit switches etc for the Revo, I already have the leadscrew motor on the Woodchuck,, absolute godsend and even more so with the spindle drive motor that I have fitted------------Vari.speed. As Curtis mentioned in a past post it allows for a more relaxed time in the shop and allows one time to do other things.--------such as keeping out of the way of wood chips and router dust!!!!!????????? In my next post I will say how I have mounted my Revo to a bench, in an effort to save space, and get to front and rear of it Regards Richard -- 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. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com -- 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.
