Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-25 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
okay mac...where is that spot you say i missed!...had this touch-up paint custom made!(yeah, right!)...and it's driving me crazy!( yeah,right again!)...LOL!...joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe

RE: Z axis template follower

2015-03-19 Thread Bill Bulkeley
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Z axis template follower hey bill!...right now i have not worked how i might lock the router in place...but i do not anticipate that being a big problem...i am not using a split nut...i see just disconnecting the hand wheel assembly at the top of the rails

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-19 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
-mills@googlegroups.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 7:17:46 PM Subject: Re: Z axis template follower today's progress...and hey curtis, bearing set up, as you inquired about...set up the 1/8 metal as i described previously...all went as planned...two

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-19 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hey cole!...like the saying goes, you can put a dress and makeup on a pig and take it to the prom, but in the end, you still have a pig...LOL!...and it would seem that there are a lot of modifiers in hiding out there...they just have not come forward yet...dave being a good example...some

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-19 Thread Cole Andrews
Will we even recognize this THING when get to see it in all its glory? On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com wrote: hey curtis!...basically, i am planning to set up some 1/8 by 1 1/2 flat bar that will slide into the

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-18 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
@googlegroups.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Cc: mwfos...@earthlink.net Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:25:56 PM Subject: Re: Z axis template follower i'm back!...took a little time off to clear my head and celebrate my 60th with the family...but now getting back to the business at hand

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-18 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hey curtis!...basically, i am planning to set up some 1/8 by 1 1/2 flat bar that will slide into the vertical, legacy rails of the Z axis...welded to these flat bar pieces will be the split collar that will hold the ball bearing...so basically, i guess you could say that i am making a custom

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-13 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
thanks to all for the positive comments...in regards to the video suggestion, my youngest does have his degree in cinematography and does work in the film industry, so a video has been thought of for quite some time...it seems every time we get close to making it, a new mod pops up and i tell

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-12 Thread Cole Andrews
-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:58:39 PM Subject: Re: Z axis template follower hey curtis!...and anyone else in the group...attached are photos of my Z carriage set up to do a faceplate milling operation

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-12 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
@googlegroups.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:58:39 PM Subject: Re: Z axis template follower hey curtis!...and anyone else in the group...attached are photos of my Z carriage set up to do a faceplate milling operation...for reference, the plywood mock up

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-11 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
@googlegroups.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Cc: curtgeo...@wowway.com Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 4:54:08 PM Subject: Re: Z axis template follower today's progress/update...again, not a lot to show...received the linear bearing carriages a day or two early so

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-06 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
Looks good, Thanks for the up-date.. C.A.G. - Original Message - From: 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 6, 2015 3:10:21 PM Subject: Re: Z axis template follower

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-05 Thread Cole Andrews
Anti gravity, I love it. On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:22 PM, 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com wrote: okay, just removed my router and all relevant parts and it weighed in at 38 lbs...i'll just round that off to 40 lbs...so now the plan is to use

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-05 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
okay, just removed my router and all relevant parts and it weighed in at 38 lbs...i'll just round that off to 40 lbs...so now the plan is to use some 1/4 X 2 X 10 flat steel bars, approximately 26-28 pieces, hanging on the back side of the Z carriage, behind the router, in a steel

Re: Z axis template follower

2015-03-04 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hi curtis...here are a couple of things to consider...i do plan to swap out longer pieces of the legacy rail to use for the vertical pieces on my Z carriage...this added height will allow more weight to be used as a counter balance...the linear bearings on the Z axis will help greatly here, as

Z axis template follower

2015-03-04 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
okay time to see if anyone is alive out there!...considering(and i will emphasize the word considering) a mod that you can set up a template follower on the Z axis...i can see some added benefits using certain router bits to do template work, with the bit being at the 12 o'clock position while

RE: Z axis template follower

2015-03-04 Thread Bill Bulkeley
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of CURTIS GEORGE Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2015 12:53 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Z axis template follower Hello Joe Ive been working on this problem for a few years now. If you look in our archives I first made what I called the profile