Re: $600 1000ex

2012-09-16 Thread curt george
THE Machine, gears and motor (?) with the legs (stand) are worth more than the asking price. Its a buyers market. I just thought that if someone wanted to have a good machine for little money, or wanted to scrap it out, the price is right. the 1000ex sold for $3000.00 back in 2002 when I

Re: $600 1000ex

2012-09-16 Thread jwb764
I want to know how they can ship that for $8.05 curt george curtgeo...@wowway.com wrote: Hello All, I just saw this. That is good price. if anyone has the extra cash, This could be a very good deal. C.A.G.

Spirograph

2012-09-16 Thread Tim Krause
Spirograph pattern -- spirograph_pattern.jpg

Hollow spiral

2012-09-16 Thread Barry
Good day ! l just did my first hollow spiral with 3 starts using a 2 spiral bit from magnate and a freud 1/2 straight bit on a piece of ash . It was a test for me and the only thing wrong with it was the straight bit ,l got a lot of burning on the inside walls . l intend to buy Magnate's 1/2

Re: Hollow spiral

2012-09-16 Thread curt george
Congrad.s on the first hollow spiral. If you look at a machine tool store, End mills carbide and HHS sell for a decent price, and come in longer lengths than normal router bits. I'm not putting down Magnate. Just offering different supplier, one that you can get what you want today, not latter

Re: $600 1000ex

2012-09-16 Thread curt george
As I understand it, Only the very wealthy can live in Australia Bill, Why else is it so very expensive to ship anything there? ;-P C.A.G. - Original Message - From: Bill Bulkeley To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 5:04 AM Subject:

Re: Spirograph

2012-09-16 Thread curt george
Tim That is very neat. Although I do have one quick question for you on those lines, could that pattern or something like it, be put onto a spindle as well ? As I understand it the gears are turning the table, couldn't that also work on a round idiom? C.A.G. - Original Message -

Re: $600 1000ex

2012-09-16 Thread Bill Bulkeley
I wish :) :) :) - Original Message - From: curt george To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:50 AM Subject: Re: $600 1000ex As I understand it, Only the very wealthy can live in Australia Bill, Why else is it so very expensive to

Re: Hollow spiral

2012-09-16 Thread Tim Krause
There are several reasons for lots of burning. First was the bit dull? Second if the router bit is spinning too fast for your rate of travel you will get burn marks. Slow the router down or speed up your cranking. Good question on the up cut, I'd be tempted to try a down cut since it would

Re: Spirograph

2012-09-16 Thread Tim Krause
That was an incomplete email that got sent accidentally. That really is a spirograph. I spent my drive time today contemplating what is required to make these patterns happen. Notice the cutter would have to cross the center point of the rotary table multiple times per rotation. This is