Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-23 Thread o2piarr
Well now, that is a very interesting video. I'd like to have the index gears, anyway, for what I want to do. If I outgrow them as you have, I can always pass them along to another member. Would you be interested in selling them to me? My computer is flaking out on me (it's a laptop, and the bat

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-23 Thread Okla Mike (Liltwisted)
I have many index gears. I just won't use them ever again. I use the crank handle index method and am able to index with greater accuracy and many more index possibilities. Have a look at the video I made. It should help. Mike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHgzEKnON-o On 1/22/2014 8:57

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-22 Thread o2piarr
Thanks for all the input! Now that I know what the parts are and have seen how they fit, I have decided to make the X-Axis nut parts from Acetal/Delrin just like factory, on my own. I have the machine tools to do it, but not the patience to be ignored by Legacy. I still haven't gotten a reply f

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-22 Thread Tim Krause
t: Re: Intro and a few questions I already have a preliminary design for a bracket and split nuts to replace the one that is broken. I'll be finalizing that in the next couple of days and producing a prototype. This is one of the things that I do during my day job- designing tools- and I e

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-22 Thread Tim Krause
Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions Videos are available on YouTube. I hope that Legacy doesn't take them down. Monte -- From: "Tim Krause" To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread o2piarr
I already have a preliminary design for a bracket and split nuts to replace the one that is broken. I'll be finalizing that in the next couple of days and producing a prototype. This is one of the things that I do during my day job- designing tools- and I enjoy it. I really would like to get a f

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread cwhitham03
Videos are available on YouTube. I hope that Legacy doesn't take them down. Monte - Original Message - From: "Tim Krause" To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:07:25 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions As fa

RE: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Bill Bulkeley
-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Krause Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2014 12:30 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions If you have not figured it out yet, the left and right hand gears control the direction of the spiral. I think

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread o2piarr
Pretty funny, I was trying to figure out what Tim meant, and after getting the manual, I realized that the carriage rides *in* the rail slot, not on top! I've got it installed properly, now. The previous owner appears to never have finished assembling it. So the question about gravity holding t

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Tim Krause
M Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions Hi Tim, Heh, heh, I got the thing with the carriage assembled like that. I never noticed that in the few pictures I've managed to find online. That I can fix. That will make the split nut I have line up, but won't fix the broken part. I n

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread curt george
014 5:44 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions It's been a while since I last checked in. I have a 900 ornamental mill. I am wondering whether any of the plans Legacy Woodworking used to sell are still available. At one time they were selling plans for the hollow spiral candels

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread curt george
tures now, will get back with you more latter. This is fun. Lets build a Legacy together. ;-p C.A.G. - Original Message - From: o2pi...@gmail.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:01 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread o2piarr
Hi Tim, Heh, heh, I got the thing with the carriage assembled like that. I never noticed that in the few pictures I've managed to find online. That I can fix. That will make the split nut I have line up, but won't fix the broken part. I notice that the stand also doesn't have the leveling feet,

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Tim Krause
looks like you have the template brackets some extra drive hubs. -Tim - Original Message - From: o2pi...@gmail.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 3:01 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions OK- Begat, I have the

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Tim Krause
e the large index gear that you are looking for, please contact me and I will get you one. -Tim - Original Message - From: o2pi...@gmail.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 3:01 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions OK- Beg

RE: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Bill Bulkeley
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions It's been a while since I last checked in. I have a 900 ornamental mill. I am wondering whether any of the plans Legacy Woodworking used to sell are still available. At one time they were selling plans for the hollow spiral candelstick

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Tim Krause
:44 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions It's been a while since I last checked in. I have a 900 ornamental mill. I am wondering whether any of the plans Legacy Woodworking used to sell are still available. At one time they were selling plans for the hollow spiral candelstick

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread cwhitham03
y are available. Monte - Original Message - From: "Tim Krause" To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 2:45:38 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions The split nut base for the x and y axis are different for the 900.  If the

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread mwfoscue
ve.  If you have a list (or better yet, pictures) of the parts, etc. please send them to me - and we can discuss directly, off-line.Have a Great day!Mac-Original Message- From: o2pi...@gmail.com Sent: Jan 16, 2014 12:29 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Intro and

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Tim Krause
-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:27 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions Thanks for the welcome, folks! I'll get some pictures up soon, but I have been searching the net at various places, and have figured out how to make my own split nuts. I nee

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread curt george
lls@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 12:27 AM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions Thanks for the welcome, folks! I'll get some pictures up soon, but I have been searching the net at various places, and have figured out how to make my own split nuts. I need the one (both

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread Louis Brown
What do you mean by "no z-axis mechanism?" Are you missing the whole carriage? The router plate? On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 12:29 AM, wrote: > Oh, I didn't answer all the questions- :) I found it on CL, and I'm in > southern California. > > > On Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:19:20 AM UTC-8, o2p...@g

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread o2piarr
Thanks for the welcome, folks! I'll get some pictures up soon, but I have been searching the net at various places, and have figured out how to make my own split nuts. I need the one (both parts) for the long lead screw. Interestingly enough, the broken parts I have don't fit. If I put the nut

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-20 Thread o2piarr
Oh, I didn't answer all the questions- :) I found it on CL, and I'm in southern California. On Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:19:20 AM UTC-8, o2p...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > My name is Steve. I have been working wood for over 40 years, on and off. > > I just purchased a Legacy 900, and need so

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-12 Thread Milt on Gmail
. It's a pretty simple machine. > > -Tim > > - Original Message - > From: mwfos...@earthlink.net > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 6:13 PM > Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions > > Hello Steve, > >

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-12 Thread Tim Krause
-Tim - Original Message - From: Louis Brown To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 1:19 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions Hello Steve and welcome. Sorry to hear about the problems. I am sure a manual will be sent your way by someone who has it digital

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-12 Thread Tim Krause
ion. It's a pretty simple machine. -Tim - Original Message - From: mwfos...@earthlink.net To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 6:13 PM Subject: Re: Intro and a few questions Hello Steve, Welcome to The Group. Based on you

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-12 Thread mwfoscue
From: o2pi...@gmail.com Sent: Jan 5, 2014 12:19 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Intro and a few questions Hi all,My name is Steve. I have been working wood for over 40 years, on and off.I just purchased a Legacy 900, and need some parts, but would like to have access to a ma

Re: Intro and a few questions

2014-01-12 Thread Louis Brown
Hello Steve and welcome. Sorry to hear about the problems. I am sure a manual will be sent your way by someone who has it digital. If not, I will get mine scanned. There is good chance that legacy still has an standard indexing plate and a split nut. I bet they even have handwheels. If not, I

Intro and a few questions

2014-01-12 Thread o2piarr
Hi all, My name is Steve. I have been working wood for over 40 years, on and off. I just purchased a Legacy 900, and need some parts, but would like to have access to a manual so I can finish putting it together and determine for sure what I need. It appears to have been tipped over, as both th