I think it sounds like a good idea, I think mounting the templates could be as simple as the ShopSmith actually or mine on my big lathe has a slot with multiple wing nuts. I have the Vega. Do you have any LOM rail? you could make a nice system using that? My biggest concern is getting it all to travel free enough to make it functional. I do not think using the drive is a very good idea as it tends to blind and catch too much. For sure linear bearings?? which you have so? Lets see where it goes. Kind Regards,
Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 6:50 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > HI Tim > > Making a new template follower is my goal. > I'm not sure how or what I will change to do so. My template follower that > I made is pretty neat already, I used Uni-strut and ran it through my > rails. T bolts hold it onto the Extruded alum. I made it so my templates > were in the front of the Legacy not in the back. I find it easer to control > this way. > > I just need to work out some better way of mounting the templates. and > making sure that the centerline of the template is the same as the center > of the Legacy. > > knowing that, What do you think of this idea? > > Ive been playing with the idea of making a new template following router > bit, and remounting the templates directly under the part being cut. that > way the router its self would hold the bit making the linkage short, thus > less play to work with. As I said this is just an idea. Im thinking a > cross between a very long pattern cutting bit and a boring bar used on a > steel lathe. perhaps making it have interchangeable cutting profiles , like > a shaper of molding cutter has. > Again just some ideas floating around in my head. ;-) > > Have a good night. > > C.A.G. > > On Sunday, November 14, 2021, 07:12:29 PM EST, Tim Ziegler < > timjzieg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Curt if you can get something modified so it follows a template as > smooth > as the Weing Grinders I spent more then 20 years grinding tooling on I'm > all for it. > I also had a Terrco Carver that floated super smooth. Thats what I would > see in the > future of making it better. > the problem of course is getting left and right to flow with in and out. > I'd say lets go for it. > I know I have a lot of duplicating to do in the future that is all done on > my lathe duplicator > but I can see this could be interesting. > I certainly think the template need to be in front where you can see it > and follow it easier. > > Lets see what you can come up with. > > Kind Regards, > > Timothy J. Ziegler > Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty > 14171 160th Ave. > Foreston MN 56330 > > 320-294-5798 shop > 320-630-2243 cell > > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 2:54 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > Just wondering if any of you were looking at using the template follower > any time in the neat future? > > I've been playing with the idea of re-making my follower again. (for the > 4th or 5th time.) > > The Template follower was something Legacy talked about, but never went > into any details on. > > *NOTE: I said Legacy, Phantom (woodchuck) made a video on this topic that > was very interesting.* > > But Once the Newer machine came around, they never re-made there videos on > this topic. > I think this was done for the main reason was to stop people form getting > confused on the topic, template following suggest something more, Like a > copy lathe, or lathe duplicator, which Legacy is not. > > Form my own experience this is what I found. > > I believe that the template is a guide/blue print of sorts, that will get > you to the rough shape you are looking to make. but It will not make an > exact copy. for a number of reasons, > But instead of Looking at what it will "*not do".* I want to look at what > is possible to use it for on the Legacy. > > Things like fine detailed cutting form the side of the work, like reeding > and fluting, the template controls the depth of cut better then any router > bearing will ever do on the Legacy. Bearing guides are nice and simple, > but it seam's to all to often the bearing fall into a grove already made > form a previse cut, ruining your part. Once the Legacy's template is set > up, this problem can not happen. (or shouldn't happen, I don't want to > challenge anyone to, purposely mess up. to just try to prove me wrong.) ;-p > > Router fence/systems for the router table, Like Joint tech. and Inca. > worked out a better way to make a precision cuts, using a router table. > I'm thinking of something similar could be done for the Legacy. > > So what I'm asking is, For all of you to voice out your ideas, on how to > make a better Legacy template follower. > > I know collectively we all can make something new, that might work better > then what we've got now. > Let's hear your ideas on this topic. > > Have a good weekend everyone. > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1439515141.296003.1636836871813%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1439515141.296003.1636836871813%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/CAMBiJLGnvGQHHj_sk_bCTp5YNG1L%2BxQpScOxPb%2Bq-NoOdQbpEw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLGnvGQHHj_sk_bCTp5YNG1L%2BxQpScOxPb%2Bq-NoOdQbpEw%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 legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1345437692.488260.1636937374464%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1345437692.488260.1636937374464%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. 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