Hello Guys.Thank you both Ed and Bill.I do hope others in the group will start to try to use templates with there Legacy Ornamental Mills.Yes, I did go, perhaps a little bit overboard with my templates, But I do find them a hole lot of fun to make, and each one, are sorted out by size and job on the boards. the bone turning templates are mostly the Stainless steel ones, but I also have Lots of plexiglass templates as well as hardboard ones waiting to be used in the near future. Besides having the ability to make multiple parts easily, the template also lets me rope and or flute on a tapper more easily with out having the fear of falling onto an already made cut on a spindle, thus ruining the spindle. I find using templates a lot of fun to use, and there are a number of advantages for the use of them that may or may-not be apparent until after you try using them. Depending on your wants and needs to make things, the use of a template helps me to be more creative in the details that I can add to any job I wish. NOW HOW to use a template on the Legacy could be another complete topic we can cover latter. there are a number of ways that you can use a template on the Legacy, and not just for making spindles, things like moldings, and flat stock/morticing and tenon cutting can also be made easer from the use of templates.the sky is the limit! Have a good night everyone. C.A.G. On Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 06:42:06 PM EDT, <[email protected]> wrote: <!--#yiv7938142407 filtered {}#yiv7938142407 filtered {}#yiv7938142407 filtered {}#yiv7938142407 filtered {}#yiv7938142407 p.yiv7938142407MsoNormal, #yiv7938142407 li.yiv7938142407MsoNormal, #yiv7938142407 div.yiv7938142407MsoNormal {margin:0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos", sans-serif;}#yiv7938142407 a:link, #yiv7938142407 span.yiv7938142407MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7938142407 span.yiv7938142407EmailStyle19 {font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv7938142407 .yiv7938142407MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;}#yiv7938142407 filtered {}#yiv7938142407 div.yiv7938142407WordSection1 {}--> Nice you sure have lots of them now, as you know I have had success making a template out of plexiglass because I can rough it out on the bandsaw
And finish it with the Oscillating Spindle Sander not as strong as yours but seems to work just fine. And I totally agree templates really are the Old World or poor man’s CNC they were used for many years just fine before cnc came along in wood and metal and they are fun to play with right. Bill From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 16 October 2025 1:50 AM To: Legacy ornamental mills <[email protected]> Subject: Making Templates Hello everyone. I was asked to explain how and why I like templates so much. First off, as I see it, templates are the "Old World's" CNC.'s Once you make the template, it is there to use any time you want. The template makes it easy to reproduce any part you are making exactly the same every time. The big secrete when making a template is the centerline. When you make your template the centerline of the template should be the same as the center of your machine. (I think of it as a frame of reference to keep everything uniformed. this reference can be changed if you wish to make the part slightly larger or smaller.) But when making a template, the centerline is one of the most important measurements you need to have. There are a number of ways you can make a template, When I first started turning, I would make a part, and use that part as my template, Latter I, cut the spindle that I was making in half, and use these half as my template to make others. It was many years latter that I started making my own templates, first I used hard-board, since it was cheap and easy to find and buy, Another bonus was I can cut this material with any saw that I own in my shop, No special tools needed. A few years latter I was interduce to a CNC laser, Form this point all that I needed to do is, to use this laser to cut the profile that I wanted. and I made LOTS of templates with it. Taking photo's of parts that I liked. (mini-bird houses, handles, finals, and all sorts of spindles that caught my eye, I made. )(NOTE: I made appx. 200 templates on the laser.) Sadly today, I no longer have the use of this laser, So I chose a new material to make my templates out of. Today like to make my templates out of Stainless steel. (this steel comes for scrapes that I find in the garbage, things like old stainless steel sinks and door kickplates...) I find that I can rough out a template with a grinder and an abrasive wheel very quickly, And from there All that I need to do, is to draw my design on the SS and use a normal steel file, I can easily take the metal down to what ever profile I wish, easily. (the SS is hard, but thin, so the files cut it easily.) For me, today most of the templates that I make are for my Bone turning. Since everything is basically the same sizes, It makes it much easer to make new designs and parts. I found a easy way to make these. By the way of using another template/A "Master" template. I use this Master template for all my rough measurement, So I know the maximin and the minimum measurements that I can go to, when making my new templates it speeds up the process and keeps me, more of less uniformed. Once the template is made the fun begins. All that I need to do now. is align the center line of the template with Either my Legacy or my Lathe centerline to start making parts quickly. The use of a template makes it quick and easy to make a part, It also lets me make profiles and shapes quicker then I could do by eye. The use of the template also lets me do different types of cuts that you cannot do easily with out the use of a template. (cutting form the side profile of the spindle. for tapered ropes and fluting.) Here are a few photo's of my newest templates that I just made last night. (as well as one of my two my template board.) If you have any questions, Please ask... Have a good day. 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/999064162.1756237.1760539825983%40mail.yahoo.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/000201dc3e24%24e6df4950%24b49ddbf0%24%40mmnet.com.au. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/871960665.1920414.1760589069870%40mail.yahoo.com.
