Hi Bill, Yeah, that is a great idea but I don't expect to keep my extra machines now that I have all the parts I was looking for. Hopefully some day soon I'll find a good home for them. However, I do plan to at least look to see how easy it would be just so I know.
Tracy On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 2:16 AM Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > Tracy could do it easy just turn the tail stock around on one mill and > remove the tail stock on another mill and clamp the 2 mills together end to > end and instantly double the length of his mill, easy the beauty of owning > more than one mill > > > > Bill > > > > *From:* 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills [mailto: > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] > *Sent:* Sunday, 26 August 2018 3:45 PM > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: My LOM collection and small journey > > > > Hello Tracy > > First off, I would like to say thank you for posting. > > Your Legacy adventure is pretty impressive to say the least. > > You have some pretty nice Machines there ! > > About your quest to go longer, This too has been one of my problems that I > have run into a few times over the years. > > > > One easy way to get past this problem is the mount your machine so it will > not move, and then extend your tail stock. > > I did this once, I removed my Legacy tail-stock and then mounted a laser > level on to my head-stock, I drilled a hole and mounted the live center in > > the wall of my garage, by mounting two drive hubs on my work piece. (on > on both ends) and then turned the part,beyond the reach of your machine. > > just flipped the work piece over and turned the other end. using this > concept you can double any of your machines max. .length > > > > So on your Gazebo you should be able to turn something close to 16' long? > or even longer is you plan to have some un touched areas in your design. > > > > I have to go. > > Have a good evening. > > and again thank you for posting. > > > > C.A.G. > > On Sunday, August 26, 2018, 12:39:35 AM EDT, Tracy Smith < > trlsmit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I know I just joined the group and I hope you don't mind me sharing as > there are not many around me who like this tool as much as I do. As I > mentioned before, just last year I finished my shop. As I was looking at > used tools in my area, I first discovered a LOM about one year ago. I went > and looked at the first one I saw, but it was just too much for me. It > would have definitely been one of the most expensive used tools I had ever > purchased. I read up all about these machines, watched tons of videos and > learned as much as I could. I really didn't know they were as old as they > are. Over the next couple of months I looked at 1 or 2 more in my area and > it wasn't until I came across a 1500EXL for a great price that I decided to > jump in. That was in January of this year. > > > > As I started to learn how to use the machine a bit, I realized there were > a few key gears missing. Luckily I live relatively close to Legacy > Woodworking and went down to talk to them about replacement parts. Some > parts you can still get but it was a bit pricey. So I instead starting > looking at more used machines in my area. At this point I had been looking > at LOMs for 4-5 months. A 1000EXS came up in my area. I spoke to the > owner a few times. It had many of the missing parts I needed so I bought > it for parts. It's in great shape, it included a router and I was able to > fill in some gaps on my 1500. I was feeling great. Shortly after that, a > 900 came up for sale. The owner had tried to sell it for a few months. He > was the original owner. He had moved on to a CNC and hadn't used the 900 > for a couple years. I told him I was mostly looking for parts and he gave > me a great deal. I didn't know what perfect condition it was in until I > got it home and really looked at it. It had a digital meeting, duplication > kit, rotary table. For the price, I was feeling super happy. > > > > WELL, just last month someone in my area was selling a 1200 with a > Performance CNC upgrade on it. I had to look at it. After some > negotiation and talking to my very supportive wife, I got it. It had > several parts left over after the CNC upgrade was made. Just this last > week I took the two day training class Legacy does for their CNCs. I know > my machine is pretty out of date but the ideas are all the same and the > software used to run it is also pretty much the same. So I loved the class > and the people at Legacy are great. I've loved tinkering with my newest > machine. > > > > I still have my Gazebo to build and am excited to show the group when it > is done next year. > > > > Just tonight I think I figured out a way to mill long posts on my 1200 > without having to use parts from my other machines. The parts was the my > main reason for acquiring the different machines. I'll have to now find > good homes for my extra machines in the coming months. :) As I settle in to > the 1200 and figure out to do the longer posts, I'll share the details with > the group. > > > > I've attached pictures of my four machines as well as a picture of the > training room at the Legacy building we did our training in. Anyway, I > hope you don't mind me sharing but I figured this group would at least > appreciate my journey. > > > > Tracy > > -- > 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. www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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