Re: New project in the works.

'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:23:04 -0700

 Good morning Ed.
What Legacy modal do you own? 
Owning a second hand machine may offer you some very real benefits that you 
arenot aware of. And of a matter of coarse there may be still some MOD's that 
you will/ could add to your machine, to make it your own.
Feel free to ask and or add to any topic offered. That's why this group was 
made, so every Legacy user could lean and grow form the conversations with 
others who users.  The Legacy is a good machine, but there is a learning curve 
that needs to be understood, and explored by every user/owner of the machine.  
Who knows that one trick or method freely offered, just might help others who 
are running into a problem, what may be common since to you, may not be for 
others.So be sharing we "ALL" can grow form the experiences.
Have a good day.
C.A.G.
    On Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 07:58:55 AM EDT, Ed Trevillian 
<edn...@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 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
timelearning 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 thisMy 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 easilydone 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.

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