Hello Steve and Gene Thank you guy for replying to this posting. Roping is the one of the main things that got me to buy the Legacy in the first place. Mike Pungs concept of carriage indexing was the first step in the quest of making a easier rope. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjcFpO51upw ) If you have not tried his method Please do... My EZ indexing idea works well for me . So far I have not run into an problems, (but I am still in the experimenting stages.) The concept is simple. use a indexing plate that is in the shape you want to use, For two starts I made an oval, a triangle for three starts and so on... This way there is no counting of holes in order to index a part.The Problem in Roping for me was. trying to keep the proper spacing by moving the carriage, an trying to find the 0 mark/ starting point , I found the spacing of the part would/could be off if the gears /acme screw were not aligned properly. I found that with a simple sharpy marker, I could mark the gears of my machine (before I start cutting), as long as the marks are lined up the gear are too, every time, there is no room for error.Now how do we use that? I needed to make an slip or way of indexing the machine without loosing my orientation. What I showed everyone (in my original posting) was my second attempt to use this concept. My first try worked, AND, Perhaps you guys, can try it for your self's? This is what I did.I marked the spindle that I was turning with a marker, just a dot was necessary to show me the indexes I wanted. Then I use my double locking collar for my adjustment.. /re-index the part after every cut. Here is the step by step directions. Set your pitch that you want (drive gears.)Mark the spindle (Indexing marks) , Then mark the gears (Gear lineament) ,Now make your roping/cut. When you get to the end of your cut, just return the carriage to the starting point, Re align the gears, Then re-engage the acme screw on the carriage , And start cutting again... Please let me know what you think?I hope to make a video of this method? but at this time I JUST DO NOT Know how to do that. If anyone wants to come on over my place, I would be happy to show anyone what I do.but I am not very computer savvy and I have no idea on how to make a video. Have a good night. C.A.G. On Saturday, April 20, 2019, 7:00:48 PM EDT, Steve Maughan <smaughan2...@gmail.com> wrote: I would also like to have this information, as it seems it would solve some of the ongoing issues I have with making rope legs also.wolfmaug...@msn.com On Apr 20, 2019, at 4:03 PM, Gene <regal...@juno.com> wrote:
I have had my Legacy 1500 for about 6 years. I am very interested in your EZ indexer system. If possible please send me any information you can so I can make the EZ indexer unit. I have tried everything to make the rope design same thickness, one looks great, second fat, third soso. I put a motor on my unit, made it larger and put bearings on all sliding parts. Rope design still looks really bad. I would like to try your system. Always enjoy reading what everybody has done in this group. Hope I can add something in the furture. Thank you.Gene wilsonregal...@juno.com On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 11:50:43 PM UTC-4, Curt George wrote: Hello Everyone, this is one of my pet projects, and is NOT FOR SALE. but if anyone wants to make one ( I would be all to willing to explain step by step how I did what I did.) I call it a EZ indexer. I made it to make the indexing more Goof Proof. The concept is to have the ability to index with out having to dis-engaging the gearing of the Legacy. Making roping a lot more simple.No more moving the carriage to find the next index. and then re-winding the machine, back to the starting point to make your offset for the next cut.Now all you need to do is use an index plate you choose. 2,3,4,5,6... By its SHAPE .(No more counting holes to index.) All you need to do is mark the gears with a sharpy marker, (a straight line running through all the gears. of the Legacy BEFORE you start cutting.) as long as your marking lines are straight, your gears/turning will be perfectly aligned with the machine every time, When you get to the end of the cut, return the carriage to the starting point, rotate the gears until the marks line back up. Lock the carriage onto the acme screw. and repeat the cut, or index to the new indexing point. Since the gears will always be in the same alignment, the indexing will be right on,every time. So far I have only used the two point (Oval disk) and the 3 point (Triangle) indexing plates. but it looks like the concept will work with any indexing plate, including the Legacy's steel ones.My locking nut works well.TOO, the adapter is locked onto the drive shaft of the Legacy's head-stock.(and will not slip, with just a little pressure form the screws)The tail stock adds the pressure on to the adapter keeping the hole set-up together. So far I am SO VERY HAPPY with how this tool works, I just had to share the info.I hope you all like it.Please let me know what you think?C.A.G. On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 11:50:43 PM UTC-4, Curt George wrote: Hello Everyone, this is one of my pet projects, and is NOT FOR SALE. but if anyone wants to make one ( I would be all to willing to explain step by step how I did what I did.) I call it a EZ indexer. I made it to make the indexing more Goof Proof. The concept is to have the ability to index with out having to dis-engaging the gearing of the Legacy. Making roping a lot more simple.No more moving the carriage to find the next index. and then re-winding the machine, back to the starting point to make your offset for the next cut.Now all you need to do is use an index plate you choose. 2,3,4,5,6... By its SHAPE .(No more counting holes to index.) All you need to do is mark the gears with a sharpy marker, (a straight line running through all the gears. of the Legacy BEFORE you start cutting.) as long as your marking lines are straight, your gears/turning will be perfectly aligned with the machine every time, When you get to the end of the cut, return the carriage to the starting point, rotate the gears until the marks line back up. Lock the carriage onto the acme screw. and repeat the cut, or index to the new indexing point. Since the gears will always be in the same alignment, the indexing will be right on,every time. So far I have only used the two point (Oval disk) and the 3 point (Triangle) indexing plates. but it looks like the concept will work with any indexing plate, including the Legacy's steel ones.My locking nut works well.TOO, the adapter is locked onto the drive shaft of the Legacy's head-stock.(and will not slip, with just a little pressure form the screws)The tail stock adds the pressure on to the adapter keeping the hole set-up together. So far I am SO VERY HAPPY with how this tool works, I just had to share the info.I hope you all like it.Please let me know what you think?C.A.G. -- 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. 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