Re: A 900 in Carbondale, Illinois for $650

2012-11-26 Thread curt george
Hello Tim and everyone. In the pictures I see the directional gear and in another one I can see the duplex gear, and it looks to be some gears in the plastic bin under the stand.(but I cant be sure?) For the price this one looks pretty good to me.Someone is going to get a good deal and

Re: A 900 in Carbondale, Illinois for $650

2012-11-26 Thread Louis Brown
Tim, As always, you make the right observations. I missed some of the details. I made a mental note of the extra rail, but I did not see the holes instead of the stair steps. An upgraded 400? Anyone interested should sort this out. Begat On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Tim Krause

Re: A 900 in Carbondale, Illinois for $650

2012-11-26 Thread Tim Krause
I took another look, that longer piece of loose rail in the front of the picture is probably the template mounting kit. -Tim - Original Message - From: Louis Brown To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 1:01 AM Subject: Re: A 900 in

Add Motors

2012-11-26 Thread regal...@juno.com
Hello all: Has anybody put motors on there legacy? Cranking sucks and have had my 1000 about 8 months. Any help would be great. Need to know kind of motor, where to buy, installation process etc. Thanks Gene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Add Motors

2012-11-26 Thread Servant
Gene, you probably would want to put Stepper motors on your machine, however you would need to have controls and softare to manage your motors, not to mention control software and a program to generate G-code. It is more complicated than you would imagine. On Monday, November 26, 2012

Re: Add Motors

2012-11-26 Thread Tim Krause
Isn't there a mounting location on your machine already for a motor? There's a lot of messages in the message base so I'll give you some quick highlights (search terms Linear Drive Motor). Legacy used a motor sold by Grainger 4Z131. They used a cheap speed controller that is no longer

Re: Add Motors

2012-11-26 Thread curt george
HI guys! I like the old school approach. 1870's . But that is not what I did on my 1000ex. More latter. Have a good night. ;-) C.A.G. - Original Message - From: regal...@juno.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 7:38 PM Subject:

RE: Add Motors

2012-11-26 Thread Bill Bulkeley
I used sprockets and chain drive on mine And I mounted 2 one for the spindle and one for the lead screw which is a really great idea I think it makes for really smooth turnings when doing strait turning I still used the one motor only for spiral work I have heard shop sliding door motors are

1200 in Minneapolis asking 2K

2012-11-26 Thread Begat
Hello All, For those who might want a 1200, here's one in Minn. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/tls/3437065133.html Begat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to