Those are all good points
I would not be trying to move the centers. What I would do is give the
pumping, pattern following motion to the z axis. Then I would have a
"walker" that would be able to use the acme threaded rod as a way to
continue the pattern down a long length. So for just something to think
about and a different way to look at it, there you go.
Mike OK
On 12/5/2018 2:28 PM, 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills wrote:
hi Curt and Tom... Curt, you are correct... it was the MADE lathe that
I saw in the video and when I viewed the website I saw the pricing
info... ouch!... and Tom, totally agree... a lot of what is there is
totally for looking, much like a Holzapfel is today... not to insult
those that actually put a MADE lathe to work, whether it be for
business or pleasure... couple of things I find interesting... I
always see a rose engine lathe(and sometimes an ornamental lathe)
working from a faceplate only, never between centers... for obvious
reasons, of course, because how would you get a headstock and a
tailstock to "rock" in unison... but then, there lies the challenge...
can an setup be made to work like a rose engine lathe and it's design
of a rocking motion, but with a head stock and a tail stock, so longer
spindle work could be done?... and could a Legacy be the starting
point of such a setup?... I have given this some thought lately, and
some ideas and designs have crossed my mind but it leads most times to
practically building an entirely new machine from scratch, and thus
the Legacy machine has no initial, startup advantage... I mean, what
is the uniqueness of making a rose engine lathe, when it has already
been done, as you pointed out with the link to the person making one
using MDF... I personally enjoy making all kinds of accessories and
mods for machinery, and especially enjoy working on the Legacy in that
regard, but also like to do them in such a way that it becomes a
selling point down the road... and it being very user friendly is the
most important thing... again, so there is the possibility that others
can use it without instruction, since the expectation is that I am not
going to be around at that point!... LOL!... as intense and imposing
my oversized Legacy is, I do believe anyone from this group would have
an easy time running and operating it... it works like any other
legacy does, it's just bigger... so the challenge would be, to make a
simplified rose-engine type lathe, that could do longer spindle work
and using a Legacy machine as a starting point... should be easy
enough!.. LOL!... joe b.
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