Curtis
That spindle drive is a *very very good* idea it enables a faster speed
for a little bit of sanding to finish of an item and of course as you say
for copying : I have some skittles to make for a friend about 6" high 2"
dia. When one does copy turning do you use a long cutter, cutting to
I recently picked up a legacy 1200 mill and I am looking forward to getting
it put together and using it to do some projects, I want to make some posts
and other ornate items, I bought a showboat cmc 5x12 about 6 years ago and
use regularly in my cabinet and countertop business, wanted to buy a
Curtis
I have a 3/4 sheet of good quality birch ply clamped to the Legacy and
intend to clamp the 2x4 down to it it is for a garage door, may have to
turn it over unless I do a blind mortise Wow those mortises are so so
deep.
Richard
Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 4:26:07 PM UTC+1, Curtis wrot
Richard
long mortises are easy to do, but make sure the wood is clamped down good, I
had to make a brace of the back side of my machine to lock the spindle in place
so it would not move while mortising .
The plunging movement is easy, I rec emend to make may plunges and then route
out the mor
Hi Bill and Curtis,
I have the Woodchuck up and running, with transformer and 110 volt drive to
the leadscrew all works ok but I am always looking for better ideas for
making better use of it's capabilities. I can do flutes and hollow spirals,
I intend today, to try to rout some mortises and ten