Fun with Numbers and the Gear Sets

2012-11-28 Thread Tim Krause
Hello All, When Legacy came up with the idea of labeling the drive gears A-G and used a decal on the headstock to match the gears, they really made selecting spiral pitches easy. Before that point in time, the instructions included with the machines referred to the gears by the number of

Re: Fun with Numbers and the Gear Sets

2012-11-28 Thread robertobecerralo...@hotmail.com
Very much On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 6:53:23 PM UTC-6, Tim wrote: Hello All, When Legacy came up with the idea of labeling the drive gears A-G and used a decal on the headstock to match the gears, they really made selecting spiral pitches easy. Before that point in time, the

Re: Ornamental Mills Around the World

2012-11-28 Thread Tim
Roberto has added a marker to our guestmap. Marker message: Hello friends Our first owner in Mexico! -Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com.

Re: Fun with Numbers and the Gear Sets

2012-11-28 Thread Tim Krause
Hi Mike, Your machine is exactly the case in point where the manual makes things much more complicated than it needs to be. Three charts and a picture diagram just to figure out what you need? WTF! Writing the pitches on the gears is yet another great tip. It means more than A-G or 1-9 or

Re: Fun with Numbers and the Gear Sets

2012-11-28 Thread Tim Krause
Your right Mike, I suppose I should clarify the term labeled in reference to the gears. Legacy gave them a letter designation that corresponds with their chart. How easy would it have been to just say use the 2 or 3 pitch gear with the pitch engraved or stamped into the gear. Then when you

Re: Fun with Numbers and the Gear Sets

2012-11-28 Thread Okla Mike (Liltwisted)
My wood chuck is so old it was before pictures On 11/28/2012 11:48 PM, Tim Krause wrote: Hi Mike, Your machine is exactly the case in point where the manual makes things much more complicated than it needs to be. Three charts and a picture diagram just to figure out what you need? WTF!