@dewell...thanks for the link...i had seen their products in the
past...what i would really like to find is the exact extrusion that legacy
used/uses...does anyone know if the legacy rails are proprietary?...did
legacy design and manufacture their rails for their equipment?...if they
did use
Good morning Joe.
I'm sorry to say that Legacy did own the rights and have there rail custom made
for there machines, And I am again sorry to say,that they can not get it
anymore, that is the main reason why Legacy made that big move to the liner
rails and the smaller machines.
But having said
ALUMINUM RAILINGS -TUBING AND THE LIKE.8020.NET (80/20 Inc.)
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Tape or set a ruler on top of the railing, take a close up picture and send
it to 80/20 Inc. I am sure they can help you or give you some guidance. (No,
I don't work for 80/20) J Have a good day all!
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@ dewel...thanks for the suggestion...but one priority of this mod is to
keep the machine as original as possible...if i change the rail system,
perhaps new screw plates need to be made for the accessories...granted, not
a big problem to overcome, but any mod eliminated just puts me that much
well i decided to move on to the next major problem...that being the lead
screw...tim was kind enough to give me a lead to the Dependable Acme
coso i called and after telling them that i need a 5/8-4 acme
thread(again this info gotten from tim, i believe), they inform me that i
actually
Hello Joe.
That looks different than the ones I saw a few years ago. The old ones looked
like a trestle bridge that teetered back out of the way when the carriage moved
past it. What I see here is pretty simple. Good luck.
And I cant believe your luck,having the Acme screw comp. being only a
You were looking for longer rails, several years ago I took a piece of rail
to a local company and they said they could make the railing, but with the
price and min order it was not feasible. I would be willing to bet if you
looked hard enough you could find a company that was willing to duplicate
I think you could successfully join 2 legacys together join the rails and
join the leadscrews into one long one no flipping and just support the rail
with legs like legacy themselves do there is a leadscrew support too to stop
it sagging as well. There is a write up some were on the group for
Make sure your ½ depth acme thread fits your legacy lead screw nut? Or you
will have to make a new nut as well
Bill
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If you don't know how to search Craigslist on a national basis, here is one
website you can use. http://craigslist.thingweb.com. This is the website I
used to buy whatever Legacy model I purchased recently of which I will
receive via FedEx tomorrow. I will post a message tomorrow evening once
I just use google to search craigslist by typing : whateveryouarelookingfor
site:craigslist.org
into the google search bar. Replace whateveryouarelookingfor with your
search term, like say Legacy Ornamental Mill,
and hit search and it will bring you up all the recent craigslist items that
match
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