Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

Hey Bill Thanks for the rail tip. I'll bet a lot of guys as well as myself will be checking their rail orientation today. CheersTom D On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 5:57 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I am glad that I could hel

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

I am glad that I could help.  ;-) I too started with wood turning.  Over the years ,I find people think I joking when I say the hardest part of turning a spindle is to make something straight and round. beads and coves are the easy part.  (the Legacy makes my short comings much easier. ) ;-). a

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

Curt, that is really helpful. As a turner I understand it completely. Haven't used a router much so didn't know about the direction. Thanks!! On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 1:56 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hello again Chris. > > O

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

Hello again Chris. One more note, along the router rotation, when cutting and you need a clean cut edge, with no tare-out.  When cutting from the Head-stock side of your legacy, you cut form the back side to the center line, When cutting form the tail-stock end, you need to cut form the front s

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

To answer C.A.G. I am using the motor to turn the gears. Think I got it 99% fixed. Took out the router, cleaned up everything, put it back together and made sure everything was level. Next I tightened the tailstock a little. Played around with the Y axis until you can't see the ridges and can fe

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

Hello Chris.are you using the gears to drive the carriage/ router? or are you turning free hand? (hand cranking.) C.A.G.  On Saturday, January 26, 2019, 1:19:56 PM EST, Chris Smith wrote: I'm a new owner of the Legacy 1000EX and have been practicing on some dry 2x2 Ash, turning it dow

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

Thanks to all for the advice. Love getting such quick responses!! I am using the Magnate 2704 Bottom Cleaning bit (brand new) so expected a pretty smooth cut. The rails look OK. I'm suspecting the router might have shifted slightly during the move to my shop. Think I'll try dis-assembling i

RE: How do I smooth out the cut?

Of Okla Mike (Liltwisted) Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2019 8:52 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do I smooth out the cut? One thing to look at will be the levelness of the router. If the router is not parallel to the rails and is higher on one side it will leave a

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

One thing to look at will be the levelness of the router.  If the router is not parallel to the rails and is higher on one side it will leave a ridge.  It could be as simple as sawdust under the y axis plate.   Otherwise, open the split nut and get the carriage out of the way.  Rotate the work

Re: How do I smooth out the cut?

Which router bit are you using?  Is it a magnate flat bottom? On Jan 26, 2019, 10:19 AM, at 10:19 AM, Chris Smith wrote: >I'm a new owner of the Legacy 1000EX and have been practicing on some >dry >2x2 Ash, turning it down for a shovel handle. I can get the blank >round >but still have small

How do I smooth out the cut?

I'm a new owner of the Legacy 1000EX and have been practicing on some dry 2x2 Ash, turning it down for a shovel handle. I can get the blank round but still have small ridges. I've followed the instructions to adjust the Y axis forward or back which improves it somewhat, but doesn't eliminate