Re: New to the group, new owner of a 1200 Mill

2018-04-01 Thread Chainlink
I've never made a guitar neck with my cnc'd 1200. If I were going to do something like that,I would not depend on moving back and forth on the x axis; there's just too much backlash. I'd have to go back to x0 and run in one direction to get the best result possible. So, I would trust repeatabil

Re: New to the group, new owner of a 1200 Mill

2018-02-20 Thread Tim Petersen
Hi Joe, I fear you may be right about the tolerances of the ornamental mill. Just incase though I will, at some point, upload a few pdf files of guitar necks. I have attached an image of my first attempt at a lap bass guitar, 8 strings. This was made on the Larken Router and is a piece longer

Re: New to the group, new owner of a 1200 Mill

2018-02-19 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hi tim!...my first thought after reading your post is to say that you might not be happy with the tolerance level a legacy, converted to CNC, could provide you, especially since you are accustomed to working with some very nice, precision equipment... you could add linear bearings to the three

Re: New to the group, new owner of a 1200 Mill

2018-02-16 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Hello TimWelcome to the group.I am sure that your gamble (as you said) on your Legacy, will become a wise investment for you in your future. Please feel free to check out our archives, I know that you will find them very helpful for a very large over view of what has happened in this group over t

New to the group, new owner of a 1200 Mill

2018-02-16 Thread Tim Petersen
Just a quick hello to introduce my self. I live in western Washington here is the U.S. of A. and I design and build stuff. I have owned a Larken CNC Router or Camtool 24R as they are known for about five years. I've added an alcohol misting system so I can fairly reliably cut aluminum parts.