Good stuff Curt. Kind Regards,
Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 8:57 AM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < [email protected]> wrote: > Here are some step by step photos. > As you can see in the first photo the templates are not very detailed, > they need to be smooth and in the general shape of what you want to make, > but the fine details are not there, those will have to be put in after the > general shape has been turned. > the 2,3 photos are aligning the router with the center of the work > piece/center of the machine. form this point you lock the machine in place > and then align the template to the machine. > The last two photos are the Legacy cutting form the side, 1/2" straight > router bit (a spiral bit cuts nicer then a straight flute carbide bit, but > either will work.) > The Y axis needs to move freely so it is touching the template while > cutting. You will have to hold the router by hand while cutting, Make light > cuts down the spindle to get to the depth of cut you want to make. > *NOTE: * > In My 200 video, I use a motor to turn the spindle. A hand crank will work > just as fine as the motor. > BUT, You can lock the indexing head in place and cut the blank locked in > place as well, and just index the part over and over to reach to final > shape. You may find this faster and less nerve racking at the very > beginning of template work. > Now the fun part. once the final shape has been reached. you can adjust > the template follower slightly to make designs such as tapered rope cutting > and any fine detail. > NOTE: in the past I did not want to adjust the template or follower after > the set shape was made, moving either of the two can greatly change the > shape of the part, so you need to be careful. (this is why I use a mic. on > my 200's template follower.) but you can do the same thing by using shims > or making adjustable followers. (we will cover this idea latter.) > > PLAY as much as you can before "TRING" to make anything important to you. > There is a learning curve that needs to be explored. > > LAST NOTE: I am using these photos to help demonstrate the process. MY > 1000ex, No longer look like it did when I bought it. Since my Modifications > to it/adding linear rail. My machine works the same way, but looks to > different form the original, I hope my showing old photos will help others, > start exploring the NEW Possibility's > that template following offers. > Good luck. > talk to you all more latter. > > C.A.G. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/101230103.2558491.1685541432774%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/101230103.2558491.1685541432774%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLGz2MZAxBtO8DCKRzmBL3e4fom8pbiC%2BOaVP-p4HszuiA%40mail.gmail.com.
