Re: Some more stone turnings.

2020-06-12 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
At this min. I am tending to like the two long twist columns.I find that, photos like this help me a lot when working new designs,Dreaming of new projects and all so many possibility.  Have a good night. C.A.G. On Saturday, June 13, 2020, 01:38:00 AM EDT, M.W.Foscue wrote: #yiv6724635

Re: Some more stone turnings.

2020-06-12 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
HelloRoger. I have read a lot about turning stone (soap stone, and Alabaster) but so far I have not tried to turn them yet.Thank you.More latter.C.A.G. On Friday, June 12, 2020, 10:16:51 AM EDT, Bawdsey64 wrote: Hi Mac & Curt I have turned and hollowed stone on my NOVA-DVR Lathe ​see

Re: Some more stone turnings.

2020-06-12 Thread M.W.Foscue
Hi Joe,I waited 10 minutes for you to post a comment.Seeing none, I felt Curtis would like to hear from someone - you being his first choice, of course (actually a tie among Tim K., Bill DownUnder, and you of course). Since you were probably being tested for the Wuhan/ChiCom Virus and unavailable t

Time of life

2020-06-12 Thread rtjurg...@gmail.com
In 2006 I bought a brand new Legacy 1200 with Z-axis upgrade, extra gear set, rotary table, and a design kit. At that point in time I also began my house rebuilding, so as a result, I didn't put the LOM together. Finally, in November of 2019 I assembled the machine.  I played around with it, but

Re: Some more stone turnings.

2020-06-12 Thread Donald Donley
Thanks for the pics - I always love ideas like this that cause me to wake up in the middle of the night with that old "ah ha" moment - "I know what I can do with that" - thanks again and keep them coming - Don in Elizabethtown, Pa. On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 9:05 AM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamenta

Re: Rotary Table work

2020-06-12 Thread JOHNNY L TYLER
I've been considering doing the same with my 1200. Hopefully we'll get some comments. John Tyler From: 'Denson Ingram' via Legacy Ornamental Mills Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 9:51 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Rotary Tabl

Re: Rotary Table work

2020-06-12 Thread 'Denson Ingram' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Hi Richard I’m wanting to put a drive motor on my 1200 so any info or help would be appreciated. Thanks Denson Sent from Denson's iPhone > On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Richard Ellis wrote: > >  > Hi Curt > The Rotary Table has 160 teeth, I wonder why they did not do 180 ---i:e 2 > degrees. >

Re: Some more stone turnings.

2020-06-12 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
very nice designs... most are doable on our legacy equipment, but the 4th and 8th would be quite the challenge... but on today's CNC equipment, not difficult at all... but then the issue is programming time... hey Mac!... why the response off the original post?... LOL! > -- You received this

Re: Rotary Table work

2020-06-12 Thread Richard Ellis
Hi Curt The Rotary Table has 160 teeth, I wonder why they did not do 180 ---i:e 2 degrees. I am working on a new type of drive to the main spindle of the Legacy. Brain strain is the problem though !!?? Richard On Friday, June 12, 2020 at 1:21:12 PM UTC+1, Curt George wrote: > > Good morning Ric

Re: Some more stone turnings.

2020-06-12 Thread M.W.Foscue
Curtis,Wow!  Those various patterns on the columns are really nice.Must have been a artisan's "lifetime effort" - if done by one person.Thanks for sharing.Mac-Original Message- From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills Sent: Jun 12, 2020 9:04 AM To: Legacy ornamental mills Subject:

Re: Rotary Table work

2020-06-12 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Good morning Richard.I quite agree, about the rotary table.  but  for me, its the one tool that I do not use often, Thank you for re-minding me...  There is almost always more then one way to do anything.   have a Great day. C.A.G. On Friday, June 12, 2020, 03:33:32 AM EDT, Richard Ellis w

Re: Rotary Table work

2020-06-12 Thread Richard Ellis
Arkady I have no idea what wood it is . It looks like Mahogany But is quite heavy. I did think it might be Teak,but it glues well, It was a rough bench that was standing outside near a Green house with pots on it when I bought this house . Curt - The Rotary Table is handy if no normal l