Great thanks for that Curt. Kind Regards, Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330
320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:20 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Here are the two lead screws together with there slip nut assembly. > > C.A.G. > > On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 08:50:12 PM EDT, 'Curt George' via Legacy > Ornamental Mills <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone. > > "Well" I works! ;-) > Before We go to far, Its not been fully tested yet. but it dose work on > the > test that I have done today. > > This morning, I started by removing my 5/8-4 Acme screw on my Legacy 200. > And replacing it with a 5/8-8 Acme screw. > > Now what this is suppose to do is, It slows down the pitch by 1/2. What > use > to give me 4 rev. pre inch, it now take 8 turns to cover the same distance. > So by using this idea, my smallest pitch will be being 1/2" on the chart, > it will now be 1/4". (basically what ever the chart states, it will now be > 1/2 of what the chart states.) > > I started off my day, by making a new slip nut for the 5/8-8 screw, (very > simple > process, We can go over the process latter if anyone likes.) > Then I cut the new Acme screw to size, turned the ends to match the > original 5/8-4 > Acme screw on my 200. > And then putting the hole machine back together, in the afternoon. > OVER ALL it was a very quick job to do. > > NOW the reason why I did this? The Legacy was Originally made for making > furniture. > and other lathe type of work, The 4 threads per inch was prefect for large > spindles, But when > I started working on the small side of things with my 200, I found that > the pitches were just to > big. making a small rope on a Magnifying glass handle, The 1/2" pitch, did > not look right, It was > almost to large for the small spindle. > > Now this idea is NOT new, But it is the first time that I have tried it. > Years back We (a number of > people in this group) tried to find a better way to make a smaller pitch > so you could get a finer/cleaner > looking cut when using the drive motor and the Legacy's gearing. > As a general rule of thumb the more cuts pre rev. the cleaner the cut. > I found this Acme screw on Mc Master Carr web page. for $11.00. > https://www.mcmaster.com/products/screws/acme-lead-screws-and-nuts/?s=acme+screws > > I figured? what did I have to loose if it did not work? I still have all > my original parts and it is a easy > replacement. So I can replace it any time I choose. > > Here are some photo's. > > Please let my know what you think about this idea. > > C.A.G. > > On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 08:34:21 PM EDT, Curt George < > curt.geo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hello Everyone. > > "Well" I works! ;-) > Before We go to far, Its not been fully tested yet. but it dose work on > the > test that I have done today. > > This morning, I started by removing my 5/8-4 Acme screw on my Legacy 200. > And replacing it with a 5/8-8 Acme screw. > > Now what this is suppose to do is, It slows down the pitch by 1/2. What > use > to give me 4 rev. pre inch, it now take 8 turns to cover the same distance. > So by using this idea, my smallest pitch will be being 1/2" on the chart, > it will now be 1/4". (basically what ever the chart states, it will now be > 1/2 of what the chart states.) > > I started off my day, by making a new slip nut for the 5/8-8 screw, (very > simple > process, We can go over the process latter if anyone likes.) > Then I cut the new Acme screw to size, turned the ends to match the > original 5/8-4 > Acme screw on my 200. > And then putting the hole machine back together, in the afternoon. > OVER ALL it was a very quick job to do. > > NOW the reason why I did this? The Legacy was Originally made for making > furniture. > and other lathe type of work, The 4 threads per inch was prefect for large > spindles, But when > I started working on the small side of things with my 200, I found that > the pitches were just to > big. making a small rope on a Magnifying glass handle, The 1/2" pitch, did > not look right, It was > almost to large for the small spindle. > > Now this idea is NOT new, But it is the first time that I have tried it. > Years back We (a number of > people in this group) tried to find a better way to make a smaller pitch > so you could get a finer/cleaner > looking cut when using the drive motor and the Legacy's gearing. > As a general rule of thumb the more cuts pre rev. the cleaner the cut. > I found this Acme screw on Mc Master Carr web page. for $11.00. > https://www.mcmaster.com/products/screws/acme-lead-screws-and-nuts/?s=acme+screws > > I figured? what did I have to loose if it did not work? I still have all > my original parts and it is a easy > replacement. So I can replace it any time I choose. > > Here are some photo's. > > Please let my know what you think about this idea. > > 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/718955657.831878.1681174185938%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/718955657.831878.1681174185938%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/1453572221.836101.1681175996151%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1453572221.836101.1681175996151%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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