Curt, Thank you ! Ed On Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 11:02 AM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Good morning Ed. > > The template follower is one of the most under used tool on the Legacy, I > never really figured out why most people do not use it. > At the first I tried to use the template follower when I bought my Legacy > 1000ex, I found it hard to adjust and it often slipped when in use. So my > first MOD. was to re-make the follower to give it more support and easer > adjustment. (pix's 1&2,) Photo of the Wood Chuck/Legacy template follower, > #2 my fist MOD. with the template follower. > This new Mod. worked well, but I did not like the template so far away > form where I was working form, So I moved it to the front of my machine. as > well as giving it even more control, by using a router jig (sold at Rockler > woodworking.) > Now I still found that I had some problems using this template follower. > Problem #1 stiffness of the X axis. It was hard to move the carriage and > control the Y axis movement, at the same time. > I fixed this in two ways. #1 I added handles on both movements for > control, and #2. I found, that I did not need to control the X movement > since I had a motor drive, I just let the motor do its thing, so I only > needed to control the Y Axis movement, this made things much easer. > NOTE: three photo of my last MOD. done on my 1000ex. > > NOW How to use the template follower. > If you have a motor control it makes life much easer, but it is not > nessasary to have in order to use the follower. > > NOTE: different mind-set. I own a lathe and use it with the Legacy on > different jobs. I find both machines work very well together/better then > either machine dose independently. I LIKE adding details with the Legacy, > So a lot of the rough work is done on my lathe. the fine details are done > on the Legacy, like roping and fluting/reeding... For me this is where the > template follower works for me. > > Now I can do everything with the follower if nessasary, but it will take > longer and honestly it just dose not give me the look I am always trying to > achieve. (fine details/sharp lines/cuts are not there, they are more > rounder.) > > NOW cutting form the side will give you the profile more like a lathe, and > using the template follower will also help you control the movement/shape > of the spindle. > > NOTE: More light cuts will always give you better results over LARGE Cuts, > which remove to much material. (Speed vs quality.) > > > Im sorry I need to stop here. > > MORE LATTER. > > C.A.G. > > > > > On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 09:56:52 AM EDT, Ed Trevillian < > edn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, Curt. Excellent work ! > And Yes. I would.like to see pictures of your follower. I am Very new to > this tool. > Ed Trevillian > > On Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 8:08 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hello Everyone. > > > > I am in the process of making a new template follower for my 1000ex. > > Over the years I've modified my template follower a number of time. Each > time > learning and improving the original design. I state this to the fact that > many in the > group are new, and have not see the modifications that have been done. > > (If anyone would like I can post some old photos of these mod.?) > > But at this time, I will just go over the goals of this new MOD. > To start off , my legacy was modified to work on linear rail back in 2020. > And my Carriage was also > modified to give me a longer depth of cut, over the original Legacy > design. Having said this > My Legacy no longer looks like what most of you all own. Because/due to > this MOD, I can no longer > use the template follower in the same way as I used to do. > My plan it to make the follower work form a table that is in the front of > the Legacy (working side, not the back side as originally made.) I find > working form the front makes everything more user friendly. > > Now WHY go through all the troubles in Modifying the template follower for > the Legacy, When it is the least used tool on the Legacy? > I find that using the template follower gives the Legacy an ability that > most people would only dream of. > Giving the Legacy the ability to follow a profile/shape, as well as other > design elements that can not be easily > done on other machines. (It dose not make the Legacy into a copy lathe, > meaning it dose NOT make exact copies of an object, but it dose add a lot > of similar possibility's to the Legacy, that you can not get else-ware.) > > I will stop here and show some old works that I done using the follower on > my Legacy. Perhaps Latter we can > then talk about more possibility's that the Legacy can do, and perhaps, > explore some new ideas? > > talk to you all more latter. > Have a good night. > > 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/527848055.4098774.1694390918918%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/527848055.4098774.1694390918918%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/CAL8Pmr2UuMuikNDPkmA5QrtdgDOvAtOXgU%3D7493q3MYFO9xYbg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAL8Pmr2UuMuikNDPkmA5QrtdgDOvAtOXgU%3D7493q3MYFO9xYbg%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/1260406627.4237507.1694444427925%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1260406627.4237507.1694444427925%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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