Hey Happy Easter to you all as well. Lets make it a Holy One! Kind Regards,
Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 2:48 AM Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > No Mac that’s Tracy Anderson one of the owners of legacy I wish it was me > I’m a big fat poor guy lolol J I cut the picture from the evolution > video. > > Happy Easter to all in our group > > > > Bill > > > > *From:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto: > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *MWF > *Sent:* Saturday, 20 April 2019 3:50 PM > *To:* legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* RE: legacy like > > > > Who is that guy in the photo - you, Bill? > > 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!... 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