Totally agree Joe I have made walking Canes with a good taper on my old Woodchuck using a straight 1/2 inch metal work Milling cutter, spindle revs high and feed rate not to fast.and they turned out well with hardly any sanding Very handy having power feed to both spindle and carriage I must admit though
* Jim,* hope you soon get it sorted all part of the fun .There is so much to learn with the Legacys Cheers Richard On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 2:22:33 AM UTC, Don W. wrote: > > > Bill, > Why didn't I think of that? I set a piece of MDF on the lower > rails and lowered the bit to just touch it. I took a flashlight to the > backside and there is about .002-.003 inch gap on one side. To clarify, > the bit is the Magnate 2704, the lower rails were verified to be exactly > parallel to the upper rails and the router bit was set to be parallel with > the rails (lengthwise). I found shim stock at the local Ace Hardware store > tonight, (.001,.002.003 and .005 come in a plastic bag) and will place > shims under the side of the router that the bit is touching the MDF this > weekend. > Thanks, > Don W. > > > > > > On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 5:55:34 AM UTC-6, aussiman wrote: > >> Now you guys are using magnate bits right only those are ground dead flat >> on the bottom other brands leave that line. >> >> Put a strait piece of stock in the mill and bring the bit down till it >> nearly touches and use some feeler gauges and see if its the same thickness >> each side of the router bit that will tell if the router is leaning >> >> >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
