Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

Awespome job!  IF I  may suggest to you that you buy a new 80/20 rails for the Y axis, that way you do not have to join the alum. rails to make the carraige unit's Y axis any longer/wider. I belive that rail is close enough to make the Carraige and the Z axis work? In my way of thinking,Your

RE: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

Very impressive so far joe boy one thing I didn’t think of you will have a fantastic mill for flat stock work as well Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2015 7:45 AM To:

Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

hey bill, to be honest that did not occur to me until i was well into the project...i have yet to do any flat work on the legacy so it is not something i normally think about...the machine will have a capacity of almost 23...anyway, i still have to finish it before i can use

Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

hey curtis! thanks for the compliment...in regards to the rail for the Y axis, it will not be a set up as shown in the photos...the linear bearings currently on my Y axis is set up for the legacy rail, so switching rails at this point is something i do not want to deal with...i

Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

This is looking great! Go Joe! -Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to

Re: project pics

There are some interesting tips here. The one I'm interested in is your horizontal and vertical vise. Are you using U Bolts to hold it in place? I'm pleased that you have done something that your old steely unit is not supposed to be able to do. Feel free to correct me on this. -Tim

Re: project pics

Max,The photo "label" is quite unique - why is it named Panama?Mac-Original Message- From: max Sent: Jan 28, 2015 11:33 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: project pics "These are a few of my favorite things" . The bit restraint keeps the bit from