Here’s what I did when I milled my kitchen bench slabs made up of all my spare legacy parts laying around and some strait timbers.
Worked well the feed is me sitting at the end pulling a rope it worked really well the slab is about 12ft long and the rails are off a 900 mill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Qb8lLzLv8 Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MWF Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2019 8:15 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: legacy like Bill, I've actually given thought to just the oppsosite - in order to easily flatten slabs of wood. I've been considering getting some pieces of the Legacy extrusions and affixing them to a work platform that will accommodate the size of my slab. Then getting two more "long" pieces of the LOM extrusions, installing the Y-axis hardware on those rails bridging the slab with them. Then when I finish flattening the slab(s), I can put The Mill back together. Also have given thought to how to "feed" the slab through The Mill - flattening the slab as it goes. Seems to be fraught with challenges - so most likely won't go that way. Happy Easter! Mac _____ _____ -----Original Message----- From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Apr 19, 2019 5:55 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: legacy like Mac if I wasn’t so broke at the moment id buy the woodpecker rail and make it happen just for fun but Joe is right it would be an expensive mod linier bearings would be cheaper and legacy themselves did that with the last lom they made before discontinuing production the evolution Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MWF Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2019 6:09 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: legacy like Joe, I "made it that far" - Thank you for your words of wisdom. I still await the results of the "research" that someone in The Group was going to do (is doing?) as regards the source that Legacy used for their extrusions and whether or not that company is still in business. They were also going to attempt to find those extrusion molds if that company had gone out of business. Have a meaningful Good Friday and a Happy Easter to all! Mac _____ _____ -----Original Message----- From: 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills Sent: Apr 19, 2019 1:39 PM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Subject: Re: legacy like hey guys!... some bullet points to consider in regards to possibly retrofitting the Woodpecker aluminum rail extrusion to a Legacy... first, the price.. it seems the railing is coming in at $20 per foot... the router sled looks to be about $200... a sizable investment to begin... next, the modifications... the bottom of the rails would need some kind of adapter so the rail could attach to the top of the Legacy "legs"(the vertical pieces)… a modification would need to be made to the lead screw split nut, since it would no longer be in alignment with the lead screw... the lead screw on the Y axis would need a lot of modification to re-work it to the new router carriage... also, as mentioned, some kind of mod is needed to keep the router sled from rising up off the X axis rails when traversing left to right, to a tight tolerance so that the Y axis sled doesn't rise up at all!... and doing all of that without the risk of it binding... this is a very difficult task to achieve!... then reworking some of the Legacy accessories, as necessary, to then work with the new rail design... those with the Z axis upgrade would have a number of mods to address as well, to adapt the Z tower to the new router sled... and I will save the best for last... Is this extrusion design commercially made?... if we are to assume that it is not, and it is proprietary to the Woodpecker company, as was the case with Legacy and their extrusion, then the risk is run that if Woodpecker discontinues this set-up, then the railing could be discontinued, and we are back to the same problem that currently exists... which, in my opinion, is the biggest reason not to consider using this design as a rail replacement... I believe there are two mods to consider to get additional Legacy railing... the first is to use the 80/20 rail to replace the Legacy bottom rails, which only serve a structural purpose... some creative work is necessary so the bottom of the Legacy "legs" can be attached to the 80/20, but that would seem to be easy enough... you then would have two, somewhat long pieces of Legacy railing to play with... the second option is to add 80/20 to your Legacy machine(specifically the bottom AND top rails) and add a linear bearing setup to compensate that the black top hats would now not be usable... this option is a bit extreme, somewhat costly, but forever puts this problem to rest... with the added bonus of having the Legacy running on ball bearings... just some thoughts and my input on this topic... thanks for the read, if you made it this far!... LOL!... Joe B. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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