Thanks Bill. Yes you covered my questions very well. I've been watching your past videos and look forward to seeing what you do in the future. Very interesting stuff.
Ray On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 10:38 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > The spindle motor is helpful when template milling and also for achieving > very good finishes when spindle turning with either the planeing bit or > corbox bits when turning shapes on a spindle also turning the spindle > faster can be helpful removing lots of material quicker. > > > > The spindle linkage if I understand you correctly is the original that > comes with the mill I removed the duplex gear for filming normally you > would just disengage it from the index gear when using the spindle motor, > the 3 different gears I used are legacys index gears the .25 the standard > and the 2X . The gear on the motor does not get changed. Sorry the video > you see is all I did on this, making the parts was metal work so I did not > video that part. > > > > The 2 motors you see in the video were purchased from legacy owners who no > longer needed them other motors I have were bought off ebay they are on > there from time to time I just put in a search and wait till I get a > notification of one for sale. I am still looking for appropriate limit > switches not that I really need them a good operator can stop the mill in > the right spot without them it’s just easier with them. > > > > I have done some template work for me this is done by using the spindle > motor to rotate the spindle while using a slow feed with the feed motor > moving the saddle along while I follow the template with the styles with > the cross slide disengaged so it moves easily by hand. Much easier than > winding 2 handles and working the cross slide all at once lol. I will do a > template video one day its on my list of things to video but it is a long > list, my next project hopefully is an eccentric attachment for the rotary > table when or if I invent that I will do more rosettes hopefully similar to > very basic spirograph patterns but its all in my brain right now. > > Ok I think I answered all your questions if not just ask again questions > no matter how big, small or simple is how we all learn about the legacy mill > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ray Leaman > *Sent:* Tuesday, 9 February 2021 10:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: adding a spindle motor to the legacy > > > > I am intrigued by your set up Bill. While I'm not sure exactly what can > be done with the two motor set up, on the surface the variable speeds you > can achieve are almost endless within the sphere of what an LOM can do in > my opinion. In going over and over your video I can see the benefit of a > swing away set up for engaging and changing the various gears. What I > could not see was how the spindle motor linkage was connected. Do you use > the same cog wheel for engaging all the legacy gears? Do you have a video > on how you did all that in a little more detail? > > > > Also where did you source your motors? Did they come off another > machine (Wood Chuck) or did you acquiree them from a commercial source? > > > > So many questions I know but as you can, maybe you can add a few further > details. > > > > Finally, in reading some of the responses to your post it seems like your > set up may greatly facilitate template/copying work? Have you done any of > that? If so, how did it go process wise. Curt and Tim Z it sounds like > you guys may have done or at least are aware of how that might work so > perhaps you could jump in with sharing your experiences ?? > > > > Nice Work Bill!! Thanks for your videos. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 3:32 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well todays job was finishing off the spindle motor on my hybrid legacy > > Gave it its maiden run worked great, so many speeds can be had from really > really slow to quite fast by changing gears from the .25 to the standard to > the 2x and all using the variable speed motor which fits them all. That’s > the best thing about a swing motor as long as the gears mesh it works even > when the bed is fully up or fully down and everywhere in-between. > > https://youtu.be/n80P9cLYkFs > > > > Bill > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/000101d6fdf4%24df6cb7e0%249e4627a0%24%40mmnet.com.au > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/000101d6fdf4%24df6cb7e0%249e4627a0%24%40mmnet.com.au?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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAEnRCd%2B0yKnoDiueuy26GkPWFoofDx3FnY6Uo3P8mfAA1%3DhM8g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAEnRCd%2B0yKnoDiueuy26GkPWFoofDx3FnY6Uo3P8mfAA1%3DhM8g%40mail.gmail.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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/000001d6fe95%2402c6bf10%2408543d30%24%40mmnet.com.au > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/000001d6fe95%2402c6bf10%2408543d30%24%40mmnet.com.au?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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