Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread MWF
I see/now understand.  Since the piece being milled is not spinning fast, as it does in a lathe, that square cone does not have to be very robust. The Nova Chuck or other regular lathe chucks, that are subject to much higher RPM, are "heavy duty" by comparison.  (Euro Roger - did you note my us

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hey mac!...i would bet that the square,cone set up was conceived because this piece was originally marketed towards people who had little to no experience doing any kind of turning work...all you had to do was cut a piece of wood square, put it into the cone and it would be automatically cente

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread MWF
As usual - I agree with Joe.  The effort to produce a home-made adapter could be much better spent doing something else.  Spend the $100 and then spend the time either with your kids/family or doing something "FUN" that you have been wanting to do.I know almost NOTHING about the Rout-R-Crafter but

RE: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread Bill Bulkeley
I understand thanks joe Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] Sent: Monday, 23 March 2015 11:51 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: sears craftsman router crafter hey bill...i'll respond to your comm

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hey bill...i'll respond to your comment, but i will point out, it is from a business point of view...yes, you could possibly turn that "nose" piece from a piece of hard wood, or metal if you are capable...but it also has 24 holes drilled into it which are parallel to the the piece, for it's ind

RE: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread Bill Bulkeley
100 bucks couldn’t you turn one up out of hardwood or delrin or something does it have to me as long for any reason I have never seen a router crafter in the flesh so to speak. Because of my engineering back ground I would fabricate and machine one up on the metal lathe if I wanted one but I wou

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2015-03-22 Thread Tim Krause
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Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
dave...forgot...i am in queens, new york city, new york...zip 11101 > >> -- 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+unsu

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
dave...i'll assume your post was directed towards me...e-mail finun...@aol.comcell 516-606-6627 work 718-729-5630...joe On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 12:36:21 PM UTC-4, Dave wrote: > > can you send me your email, the router crafter is brand new never used, i > took it out of the box,

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread Dave Chrusciel
that is where you put your wood on the inside to be routered, it holds and centers the wood. the adapter makes it more easier to use at least i think so. youtube has videos. dave On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:35 PM, MWF wrote: > What does that large black, "square cone-shaped" piece do? Do you pu

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread Dave Chrusciel
can you send me your email, the router crafter is brand new never used, i took it out of the box, dont have box, the adapter is used but looks like new. where do you live. dave On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:12 PM, 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> w

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread MWF
What does that large black, "square cone-shaped" piece do?  Do you put a piece of wood into it?  Not sure how that will secure the piece of stock being "milled".Mac-Original Message- From: 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills Sent: Mar 21, 2015 11:14 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@goog

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hi dave...if you would be willing to ship the piece, i would buy it...i can pre pay and you can ship when all monies have cleared...or pay pal, if you prefer...i'll pay shipping,of course...i can furnish a UPS account number to make things simple...joe biunno >>> -- You received this message

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread Dave
the second picture is the part you remove to install the adapter. On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 11:57:44 AM UTC-4, Dave wrote: > > > here is the router crafter with the adapter installed and i added a i > guess you can call it a stabilizer block to keep the adapter straight and > true, works ver

Re: how to mount dewalt 3hp plunge router on legacy 600exl

2015-03-22 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
LOOKS GOOD Dave! One work of advice buy a quick release chuck for your router. The eliminator chuck or muscle chuck are both a huge advantage over the old compression stile router chucks.(the one that comes with your router.) http://www.rockler.com/quick-change-musclechucktrade-musclechuck .,

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread jwb764
I paid 80 bucks for the one I have, I never really liked it (I expected it to do everything the legacy does) about 2 maybe 3 years latter my dad bought a legacy (500 I think) and I bought my first legacy a few months latter) Jeff 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills wrote: > and

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
and upon further inspection(duh!), that small piece did come with the adapter...a $100 just for the adapter!...wow! > >> -- 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

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hey jeff...yes,that's the adapter...not sure if that little piece with the pins is included with it, or if it was sold separately...nice find!...joe > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group a

Re: sears craftsman router crafter

2015-03-22 Thread jwb764
Is this the adapter you are talking about? http://knoppix.net/store/Drive-Adapter-For-Router-Crafter-Craftsman-Sear-25256-X-Box_111562479533.html Jeff 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills wrote: > okay,i need to make a significant correction here...i forgot that the > "adapter"