Re: dust shield

2011-11-16 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
Thanks Bill talk to you more tomorrow. C.A.G. - Original Message - From: "Bill Bulkeley" To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 7:23:08 PM Subject: Re: dust shield good one curt the simplest ideas can some times be the best can you

Re: dust shield

2011-11-16 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
Hello Begat I am cutting a six foot long piece of spalted maple . 3" in dia . The biggest problem that Ive been running into over the past few years, is chip build up with in my rails of my Legacy. I normally cut in one direction, tail stock end to head stock. no matter what I do I need

Re: 15 Foot Legacy Mill for 6K with a $2.5K Columbo Spindle

2011-11-16 Thread begatbrown
Hello JWB, >From what I've seen by googling, you're right about the weight! That just let's me know I'm asking for when I say I want to make 8 foot columns. When I get around to it, I'm going to turn a 6"x6" by both my 900 and my Arty 58 and see. Never tried anything but hollow thus far. Begat

Re: dust shield

2011-11-16 Thread Bill Bulkeley
good one curt the simplest ideas can some times be the best can you also see through it enough as well or do you have to remove it to set cuts Bill - Original Message - From: CURTIS GEORGE To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:55 AM Subject: dust shi

Re: dust shield

2011-11-16 Thread begatbrown
Hello C.A.G. Looks like a good prototype to me. I need something, too. And what kind of wood are you turning? Begat On Nov 16, 6:55 pm, CURTIS GEORGEwrote: > Hello guys. > > This is my first successful attempt to limit the wood chips from bogging down > my rails on my Legacy. (an old 10

Re: 15 Foot Legacy Mill for 6K with a $2.5K Columbo Spindle

2011-11-16 Thread jwb764
If I am not mistaking I think oak weighs 50 pounds per cuibic foot. I am not sure if that would be green or dried. If looking at that I would figure the weight at about 700 pounds. And I cannot picture the screw on hubs holding that weight. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Messa

Re: 15 Foot Legacy Mill for 6K with a $2.5K Columbo Spindle

2011-11-16 Thread james edgell
we have alot of homes here with two story columns, not to mention the tall entrance`s to carports, i can do a three piece solid wood column 10 foot no problem, and never a worry about it, i just make the pedestal , and capitol seperately and bolt them in to main body of the column. boat mast though

Re: 15 Foot Legacy Mill for 6K with a $2.5K Columbo Spindle

2011-11-16 Thread Daryl Scott
Thanks James. That helps. The 15 foot legacy was made for a company making masts for boats, or so I am to understand. Since I know nothing about boats (except the mast better not break!), I have no way of knowing. I cannot imagine ever making a post over ten feet. But boy you could make a lot o

Re: 15 Foot Legacy Mill for 6K with a $2.5K Columbo Spindle

2011-11-16 Thread james edgell
i am doing solid wood columns, the weight in the middle at 8 foot long isnt a problem except when i try to do hollow spirals, it sags then, that why i built the support i built, i will have to get pics of it, but when doing big wood work, long spans always sag , i do alot of framing is the final lo

Re: 15 Foot Legacy Mill for 6K with a $2.5K Columbo Spindle

2011-11-16 Thread Daryl Scott
Hello James, I'm would have thought that an 1800 would have been able to do a eight foot hollow column without additional supports. If I understand you, the issue comes from the wood, not the strength of the machine. If that is the case, would gluing an octagon at the halfway point work to keep