Congrats on turning 4x4's into toothpicks! Regarding the spirals and the method you tried first depends on the pitch and the diameter of the bit. Your second method of rotating the stock to a correct index also works. Once you get going a little more we can talk about alternative methods.
On Mar 1, 2018, 11:33 AM, at 11:33 AM, Patrick Salter <patsalte...@gmail.com> wrote: >I finally got my legacy set! I started following the fast start start >video (how did we survive watching vhs tapes!) and everything was going >fine until i got to the spiral part. >In the video he said that after making the first of multiple cuts to >disconnect the split nut, slide back router sled the width of your bit, >reattach the split nut and it should be good for the next cut. >I was using a 3/4” core bit ( no rope or barley twist bits yet) and >they just didn’t seem to line up right. After much thought (my wife >said she could see the smoke) I wondered if I couldn’t just use the >index gear. I tried it and it and it worked much better! I will try >posting a picture. If it works, the first attempt is on the bottom and >on the top is using the gear index. Hmm, give me a second to figure >out posting pictures > >-- >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. -- 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.
