I had wanted an ornamental mill for many years when I first learned about them. But they were beyond my limited budget. Until a couple years ago a REVO came up for the right price within driving distance. The size was right, too, but the most attractive thing was the extreme versatility of the machine. It could natively cut a fairly wide range of joinery simply and accurately in addition to the twists and copy turning for which it was mostly known. With the addition of a rotary table the range of my interests were largely covered. Being able to make special attachments that enabled detail work as fine as 18 LPI checkering has been rewarding. I was not and am not interested in CNC or powered moves, so this fits perfectly. Been very happy with it. I've used it lately to "tease" a couple of young woodworkers' interests and creativity. That's my story and I'm stickin' with it. DanK
On Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 9:21:25 AM UTC-4 Mike Newman wrote: > I bought mine to specifically make walking/hiking sticks. Now i switch > back/forth making some on the LOM and others I'm hand carving out of > natural tree/limbs I find. With the cost of wood these days it is more > expensive to play/learn using "bought" wood vs found wood. I have got down > the basics but one issue I have bumped into is the LOM and tooling is > better suited for thicker projects. With the walking sticks there is a > fine line between enough depth for the right visible effect and too deep > making the stick weak. Mine is manual so there is alot of cranking for a > 60in stick. Not sure a motor would help because always adjusting speed to > minimize vibration. All in all it has been a success minus the cost of > wood. > > On Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 5:24:05 AM UTC-5 Timothy Krause wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I thought I would toss this question out to hear why you bought your >> ornamental mill. For me, I bought my first machine when I wanted to >> bring a different level of details to my current work. I was in a real >> niche market that I wanted to do some woodworking "tricks" that few >> people could figure out how they were made. >> >> How about you? >> >> -Tim >> >> >> -- 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/bd12a6e0-235a-42a3-a160-12c1f330b927n%40googlegroups.com.
