Very Nice Joe. Can you take a few more pictures of your 90 deg. tilting mech. of your Z axis? (that really looks SWEET! ) I honestly believe that turning on a face plate is one major piece that Legacy missed out on with there old machines. (OK I know that I will hear,complaints on this one, Legacy made the turntable to do stuff like that... But its not the same!) I think you will be surprised on how handy it could become... Keep up the good work. And Thanks for sharing . C.A.G.
----- Original Message ----- From: "'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@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 that was a nice surprise...set the bearings into the rails and re-attached the router carriage assembly and the rear plate to the "Z" axis...took out the top hats and drilled out the holes on the router assembly plate to 1/4"...marked the second hole on the plate and drilled those holes, also 1/4"...ran a 1/4-20 tap into the existing,linear bearing carriage mounting holes that are pre-drilled...this was a snap as the carriage is made of aluminum...reassembled everything...took the old lead screw from the "Y" axis and set it in place of the original, shorter "Z" axis screw...did not have to turn down the ends to 3/8", as i thought...they were already turned to 3/8"... this was a straight swap...needed to add a spacer black to shim out the black, threaded block that the lead screw goes into to...approximately 3/4"...this will further project the center line of the router bit an additional 3/4", but it is a necessary evil...with the rotary table, the multi holed height plate and now the linear bearings, the router bit center line is really out there...but the bearings help quite a bit to compensate for the offset and the weight distribution problems it creates...and i anticipate the counter weight will help out a lot, as well...but i will be able to turn a 19" faceplate and have the router reach down and cut into it with the router bit being 90 degrees to the faceplate...and if i should ever need to do that before i die, i'll be as surprised as anyone else here!...LOL!...anyway, next up is the counter weight, chain and sprockets to set up the balance action for this mod...that will present some challenges, as i can now see how that might come together...and it looks like it might not be so pretty!...thanks for the read...joe <blockquote> </blockquote> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
