Re: finishing

2014-01-15 Thread mwfoscue
Hello Curt,Regarding the "wood aging recipe" - Do you put the fine steel wool pad in to the tea-vinegar mix and let it all sit for the 48 hours? (The steel wool must chemically react with the vinegar Or is the fine steel wool pad used to apply the "aging cocktail" to the wood you want to "age"?Is t

Re: Legacy 900 CNC in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois asking $3500

2014-01-15 Thread SteveEJ
Looks like mine except that mine has the mobility kit. He does not show a PC with a Parallel port and Mach3. That's more money to add. You are right about the parts needed to convert it back to a manual machine. Steve On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:48:25 PM UTC-6, Curtis wrote: > >  > Well

Re: finishing

2014-01-15 Thread mwfoscue
Hello Bob,I have not ever used it - but at the Baltimore Woodworking Show, there was a table where they were demo'ing/selling Charles Neal's Blotch Control.  You may want to check it out - may work for you.  If anyone in The Group has used it, I (and I am sure Bob too) would like to know what you t

Re: finishing

2014-01-15 Thread BOB
Thanks for the interest I also like most things about woodworking I tend to lean towards old timey methods hand planes, dividers, Fibonacci gauges, hambridge progression , whole number ratio's, shooting boards I could go on for a long time. There is a lot of almost lost knowledge that could stil

Re: Legacy 900 CNC in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois asking $3500

2014-01-15 Thread curt george
Well that is pretty down right impressive. and I like the Price as well. Thank for letting us know. Have a good night. C.A.G. - Original Message - From: mwfos...@earthlink.net To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 8:41 PM Subject: Re: Le

Re: Legacy 900 CNC in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois asking $3500

2014-01-15 Thread mwfoscue
I agree. - However, I'd LOVE to acquire EVERYTHING he/she has on that sheet of plywood.  The rest - ya'll can have.  LoLMac-Original Message- From: Begat Sent: Jan 15, 2014 2:45 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Legacy 900 CNC in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois asking $35

Re: finishing

2014-01-15 Thread curt george
Hello Bob I am a Shellac junkie when it come to finishing , a 1 cut base coat of shellac is a Great way to blend the different woods. Alcohol dyes are Awesome and easy to use,to bring out the grain and make it realy POP out ! , but if you want to blend different woods into one uniformed looking

RE: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread Bill Bulkeley
Ps swap the leadscrew too i forgot to mention that Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bulkeley Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2014 9:04 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: legacy manual

RE: finishing

2014-01-15 Thread Bill Bulkeley
I would be interested I’m interested in anything to do with woodwork was the rough cut episode on youtube Id like to see it Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of BOB Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2014 8:26 AM To: le

RE: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread Bill Bulkeley
Another option you may not have thought of swap the rails of your 900 and your revo so you will have a short cnc mill and a long revo and if you put spacers under the revos head and tail stock it will be able to do the same dia work as a 900 as well and you will have a manual machine that will

finishing

2014-01-15 Thread BOB
this is an off topic so I'm asking before going into it much. I have been doing balusters and some look bad after finishing with the different grain directions and wood tones after watching an episode of rough cut where he made a secretary a toner was used to help make the different pieces of wo

Legacy 900 CNC in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois asking $3500

2014-01-15 Thread Begat
Hello, I guess we have talked up another 900 CNC. There's one for sale in Illinois. One of the interesting things is that these native 900 CNC's have few if any of the accessories as well as no easy way to convert them back to a manual machine without buying scarce parts. Because they are s

Re: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread SteveEJ
That's the problem. I bought it from Legacy as a 900 Standard CNC that someone had traded in. I would have to do a complete swap out or get the gears, etc. to make it work. I got really frustrated with Mach3 and all of the steps needed to make it line up correctly, etc. I have driven several bi

Re: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread jwb764
Steve, if you converted the 900 to cnc and kept theitems removed you could convert it back. SteveEJ wrote: > I would love a copy of both. I have the Revo and a 900CNC that I wish was a > manual machine. > > Could you email me a copy? Let me know if there are any fees or anything. > > s

Auction of 1200 in Louisiana ending in two weeks Current bid $80

2014-01-15 Thread Begat
Hello All, Here's an opportunity for someone. A Legacy 1200 is up for auction in Louisiana. It comes with a router. You can bid over the internet for a 13% fee and you have to figure out how to get the machine. https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1881&aid=74265&lid=18498634&tit

Re: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread SteveEJ
I would love a copy of both. I have the Revo and a 900CNC that I wish was a manual machine. Could you email me a copy? Let me know if there are any fees or anything. s.jacobs0828 at gmail or steveej0828 at yahoo Thanks! Steve On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:47:45 AM UTC-6, aussiman wrote:

Re: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread aussiman
Ps if any revo owners are interested I have the revo manual as well in pfd Bill On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 8:44:09 PM UTC+11, legacy woodworking wrote: > > I would like a copy of it, I have been thinking about scanning mine for > about a year now. > > Jeff Becker > > > Bill Bulkele

Re: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread jwb764
I would like a copy of it, I have been thinking about scanning mine for about a year now. Jeff Becker Bill Bulkeley wrote: > Did I read here that someone was looking for a legacy manual in pfd format I > have this one (see the pic) I found in my computer. > > But it is 16 megs in size s

RE: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread Bill Bulkeley
The manual I did it off was black and white it came with my 900 when I replaced it from the fire and I guess I was a little paranoid then I scanned the whole book all 160 pages for an electronic back up I forgot I had it till I was looking through my legacy folder on my computer Bill From: le

RE: legacy manual

2014-01-15 Thread Bill Bulkeley
Yes it does Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of mwfos...@earthlink.net Sent: Wednesday, 15 January 2014 4:17 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: legacy manual Bill, Thanks. Does it