Yea we were toying with that idea too. I may look into this but will need to find a pretty decent one with some good pressure etc... We'd thought servo motors too but....$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Kind Regards,
Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 8:00 PM Okla Mike (Liltwisted) < legacym...@iglide.net> wrote: > I would think that an air cylinder could give you the push and a spring > and air release the return. > On 12/20/2020 6:57 PM, 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills wrote: > > Hey Tim > > Could you mount a plunge router in the Z axis tray? this way you could > have the best of both worlds. Plunge depth with the Z axis and rapid > release of the router/ spring action. > > Just an idea. > > C.A.G. > > On Sunday, December 20, 2020, 12:38:42 PM EST, timjz...@gmail.com > <timjzieg...@gmail.com> <timjzieg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok new topic here to add to the day. > As you all know what happens when you reach the place your router stops > when turning, fluting etc.... it usually burns So...... get in route and > get out no burn. > I have been working on an idea in my mind to convert my Z access with the > Non Plunge router PC that several of us have with the threaded adjustable > up and down > I want to disengage the threading rod and run it similar to a plunge > router without loosing the view I have with the Z access and router hanging > on the front. I really appreciate how you can see the tooling being used so > (no I'm not mounting a plunge router on the red plate.) > so I have a plan for a lever and possibly a spring return type action to > aid in returning or coming out of the cut. Similar to a servo motor but > with out adding a motor. > > Has anyone done besides Curtis with using a ShopSmith assembly? > I have several idea's and am going to apply something but looking for some > feed back. > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/56c37bd3-fe9f-47eb-9192-523f17c99308n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/56c37bd3-fe9f-47eb-9192-523f17c99308n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1366972590.1812833.1608512250924%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1366972590.1812833.1608512250924%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/3d3e71a4-09a0-6b1d-d23c-507e3d7e30f9%40iglide.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/3d3e71a4-09a0-6b1d-d23c-507e3d7e30f9%40iglide.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLHE9sUtg8%2BLrAY0tRmUHKRZpuy-pd%2BscuZ%3Df-NEco%3D3TQ%40mail.gmail.com.
