Hi Vadim, Welcome to our group our moto here is don’t be afraid to ask any question no matter dumb you think it might be
That’s how we all learnt to start with. Some advice because you assembled your mill check to see you have all the rails on the correct way this is a common Mistake both sides are not the same anywhere were a Delrin bush slides the rail has a thin groove running down the centre. The double looking collar is invaluable on your mill it stops the work from slipping during milling, I am not sure what you mean By indexing drive shaft, the legacy indexes by a pin that locates in the holes of the gear attached to the spindle that is standard. As for your problem with the elevation base as you call it can you please post some pictures of it so we can see what you are talking About and see if we can help. As for general improvements there are many and varying again send pics of everything you received with Your mill and we can see what is missing and what you might need. Oh and im sure the members would like to know where you are I am in Australia. Again welcome Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of vside...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2022 9:30 AM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Subject: New here, excited to learn from all ya'll experience and asking about some upgrades to my 1200 Hi everyone, I'm very excited to join the group and have been reading some of your past emails/posts, as well as general history of the Legacy ornamental mill. Bill, thanks for the recent posting of beginner/intro videos, super helpful and I'm looking forward to firing mine up and trying these techniques. A few months ago I was given a brand new 1200, still in boxes. A guy got it a while ago and then had some health problems and was no longer interested, so he gave it to me and declined payment only saying he'd love to see it when it's built. Well, I've finally set it up. Photo attached. One issue I've run into is with the elevation base and the support plates (plastic rectangles). The box included three screw support plates and one threaded support plates, instead of two and two of each. As a result, I have a working elevation screw on one side and a non-working one on the other. I was thinking of just buying a threaded collar that would fit the screw or finding a die/tap that would match the screw thread and making a new screw support plate out of wood or something. Or should I scrap the original elevation base all together and make something new that works better? And on the note of making it work better, I am wondering if ya'll might have a list for us new folks about general improvements. I saw a post about replacing the locking shaft collars with actual stop blocks and replacing the allen wrench cap screw on the elevation brackets with something with a handle for easier adjustment. Other than that, I haven't found much. Not sure if it was standard, but my 1200 came with a double locking collar and an indexing drive shaft (i think that's what it is). It also came with a Z-Axis Carriage Assembly to replace the original carrier tray. Look forward to learning from you all and seeing all of your projects. - Vadim (I'm in California, SF Bay Area) -- 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/7d108994-9a06-4140-ae61-d1522d3c0ab3n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/7d108994-9a06-4140-ae61-d1522d3c0ab3n%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/002001d8dee0%243a7fe350%24af7fa9f0%24%40mmnet.com.au.
