Re: wood lathe

Your digital control comment reminds me of a story I read several years ago about a guy that bought a digital control lathe, set it up with a big chunk of wood, starts to turn it on, then turns to his son and says "lets put on our safety glasses". He starts the lathe not realizing the speed

Woodmizer has gotten into the lathe making business

Lathe-Mizer Log Lathe Sawmill Attachment In Action | Wood-Mizer - YouTube Not quite a legacy machine but it can turn your own large posts. Make them round or up to 8 sided. They just need to replace the band cutting head with a large router.

LOM for sale

Guys and Gals, Appears to be older steel rail unit. https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?291180-Ornamental-Mill-and-shaper-in-Iowa Ornamental Mill and shaper in Iowa 1. I have a legacy ornamental mill for sale in Nashua Iowa. It will do all the twists and fluting on any kind of table

Re: A couple of completed projects.

Yes, I must say, that is some really fine work. I have had some ideas of making a desk using the same as you did with the turned posts on the corners. db On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 9:12:35 PM UTC-5, Love to turn in Oregon wrote: > > I recently complete a couple of night stands and dressers for

Re: Sweet gum wood

Bill, Have you tried "renewing" the kitty litter. By that i mean taking it out and drying it in an oven or some other hot space? Chem labs use desiccant to draw the moisture out of samples and it turns from blue to pink when it has absorbed moisture. You can then put the desiccant in an oven

Re: big 1800 for sale

Looking on the history archive page, this unit looks like a 2000 model instead of 1800. Maybe they don't know what they really have? On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 10:27:58 AM UTC-5, aussiman wrote: > > >

Re: always wear your face sheld

This topic reminds me of a story I read several years ago. A guy and his son are trying out a new lathe the father bought that had an electronic speed control that was not what the guy was used to. He chucked up a big piece of wood and started to turn it on then remembered to stop so they both

1800 for sale in NY

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?268633-Legacy-Woodworking-1800-Ornamental-Mill Came across this ad for an 1800. He has lowered the price to $2,300 obo. Looks to have the instruction manual and all the parts with a few extras. Willing to ship at buyers expense. db -- You received this

Re: Pottery engine lathe video

efully I or someone else in our group will be able > to make something more...? The possibility's are there. ;-) > Have a good night. > C.A.G. > [image: Inline image] > [image: Inline image] > > On Monday, October 15, 2018, 4:04:18 PM EDT, Dexter Bland < > dexte...@gmail

Pottery engine lathe video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-7twF5_chU Curt should be interested in this video. This is a special lathe that is used to cut patterns in pottery cups for doing inlays. I could envision a legacy having some modifications to make this work. Of course, those who have a CNC controlled unit

Re: Design Kit

Ray, A design kit is no longer available from Legacy or anywhere that I am aware of. It was a clear set of templates of the router shapes that Magnate sells that you could use to draw out the cuts on scaled paper to refine your design. You could then use your drawing to lay out your cuts on

Re: New member - Stan Partin

Stan, Manual and other project info sent to your email. It will be like drinking from a firehose for a while. Good luck. db > -Original Message- > From: stanpar...@charter.net > Sent: Aug 13, 2018 8:41 PM > To: Legacy Ornamental Mills > Subject: New member > > Hello everyone, >

Re: legacy for sale dallas texas

*Lot #3 - Legacy Lathe Router* Closes: 4/25/18 1:40 PM EDT Dallas, TX Current Bid = $1,779 [image: Bidding is closed] Somebody got a deal. On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 4:20:57 PM UTC-5, joe biunno wrote: > ok, i'm an idiot!... forgot to post the link!... I edited my post, but in >

Re: legacy for sale dallas texas

I have purchased tools from this auction site before. Bidding does get crazy sometimes like any auction. You do have to consider the 15% they are going to add to your winning bid in what you are willing to pay. Have the money ready to send if you are the winner. They want payment sent right

Re: A response from Andy Anderson Of Legacy Regarding Support.

"I don't take or process phone orders. The only time I'll end up on the phone with a customer is if he or she is a friend, or has a difficult question that someone else on the staff can't answer, or I end up on the phone with those customers that are rude, crude, abusive, curse, or have no

Re: If you have not been watching ???

Sorry, but I have quite a bad opinion of the Legacy folks. I tried to order some more hubs several years ago and was told by Andy himself he would not sell me any because I was a second-hand mill purchaser. A part they still produced and had in stock and would sell to others, but would not

Re: If you have not been watching ???

As bad an attitude as I have regarding Legacy from bad/*no service*, they did at least give links for people to get help, including this one. As small as this gesture is, it is at least something. https://lwmcnc.com/cnc-mills/past-models/ornamental-mills/support-groups/ Still does not make me

Re: Porch Column Base

Lou, Most of the Cypress you buy today is not that rot resistant. Unless you can get some of the old growth stuff, it is not worth using. It is also pretty soft wood. White oak is a good choice as it is rot resistant and a very hard wood and would hold up to abuse. White Oak does not readily

Re: Vent cover

I like the idea of the v-grove bit and it is not too late to do that. I'll ask the homeowner about how to hold the cover on. However attached, it needs to be removable. Thanks for the suggestions. On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 10:46:05 PM UTC-5, Va Oak wrote: > Dexter, > > Very well done.

Re: U.K. Legacys

Mac, I wondered if anyone else picked up on the dead coffin business comment. Maybe cremation is getting more popular. I was asked to build someone a coffin once for someone's grandmother that was in bad health. Turned down the job due to the short amount of time they gave to complete. I was

Re: Wood Chuck oversize reeding

> > anything is possible given enough spare part and a liberal amount "no > matter what" attitude. Hats off to the go-getters! > Mike, you have to be the king of the go-getters. You never fail to impress me with the kind of work I have seen of yours. db -- You received this message

Re: candy dish

Yes, Tim there is lots of sanding on doing spirals. Due to cutting into a cylinder, you are exposing a lot of end grain that is not easy to get smooth. A good sharp router bit is best to start with as smooth a cut as possible. Most of the spiral turnings that I have done were before I added a

Re: candy dish

Stan, Very nice work. The wood appears to be walnut. I'm sure lots of time sanding the spindles. What kind of finish did you use? Some poly or tongue oil? On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 10:02:31 PM UTC-5, Stan Eichelberger wrote: > candy dish made for Mansfield State Prison honor guard to

Re: Model Number

If your machine has one, it will have sticker attached to the headstock like the one you see in the attached photo from Tim's history page. It also has an outline of the different gear diameters that will tell you what letter that gear is so that you can look on the chart to get the pitch you

Re: All I want For Christmas

I use a shaper to make the doors (an old delta machine). Cutting that much material at once is really hard on a router and if you pause during the cut it will burn the wood. Shapers cutters turn much slower and rarely ever leave burn marks. The frame pieces are Roman Ogee and the standard cope

Re: All I want For Christmas

> "By the time the I finish with my last set of clamps, the first set has > had enough time to be removed and used again. From that point it is just a > matter of cycling clamps onto new boards and taking the cured boards to the > next work station." > > Mike > OK > When I saw your

Re: All I want For Christmas

(item in the attached photo)? > Looks like it might be going to be a cabinet. > Any more pictures of it to share? > Thanks. > Mac > -- > -- > > -Original Message- > From: Dexter Bland > Sent: Dec 7, 2015 9:

Re: What would you do???

I like it. The only thing missing is pulling out a chisel and carving out the toe's and making it a claw-foot table. Now the only problem is how to get out of your shop. If yours is like mine, space is at premium. db -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: What would you do???

The rest of the table is quite plain,so I would not make a jack-a-lope out of it as someone else described it. If you are not going to keep it, i would sell it or give to some needy college student to use. I would sell it for at least the cost of poly and sand paper that you have used on

Re: Project Idea

Had to come up with a way to hold the box, hence the mounted board on the legacy. It would be almost impossible to cut the pieces and then glue them together and all the cuts line up perfectly. Mike, I used your number of cranks to determine distance moved instead of using the scale. Makes

Re: Making your mark?

On small projects I don't usually bother, but on bigger things I do sign and put a date. On things that might matter in the future, I will write on the bottom of some drawer what stain color/number and brand used and what top coat was used. That would just make things easier if the whole item

Re: how to mount dewalt 3hp plunge router on legacy 600exl

All these suggestions on how to position the router to attach shows that there is always more than one way to skin a cat than just yanking him on the tail On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 1:56:53 AM UTC-6, Dave Chrusciel wrote: i have a legacy 600exl and i know it is designed to use the

Re: how to mount dewalt 3hp plunge router on legacy 600exl

Please let us know how it turns out. ;-) C.A.G. -- *From: *Dexter Bland dexte...@gmail.com javascript: *To: *legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Sent: *Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:46:43 AM *Subject: *Re: how to mount dewalt 3hp plunge router on legacy

Re: enlarging turning capacity of a legacy

Joe, I have a question for you. Are you assuming that the spindle is centered in the machine or have you verified that with actually measuring? The reason I ask is that my machine is not exactly centered. The reason I know this is I turned my tail- stock over so I could get to the bolts from

Re: Making Rosettes

You are right Curt, it is a tight fit to move the the stop to the next position and another wheel would give you more room. That would open the possibilites of many more combinations with using different size wheels. I had made another one of these in the past, but it didn't have the number

Re: What do you all think???

I think it is a neat neat job, but if the person needs a cane to get around because they are unsteady, looking at that pattern may make them kinda dizzy ;) ..really cool job, Curt. DB On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 6:29:32 PM UTC-6, Curtis wrote: Thank you Mike. I want to see what

Re: Wood Data Base

Curt, The web page link did not tell all the story of the Paulownia tree. It was accidently introduced from Asia. The seed is a very fluffy seed that had been used as a packing material and the seed dispersed with the wind when unpacking crates on loading docks. The wood is much desired in

Re: Magnate router bits

MCLS is a place that i have ordered some of my router bits. They do make some that fit the legacy type of milling. Take a look around their site to see if they may have what you are looking for. Some bits look to be a little cheaper than Magnate and some more. Attached is a link to

Re: I bet no one leaves there shop unused this long

There is an antibellum house on the Bluff overlooking the river in Vicksburg MS that was being built when the war of northern aggression started. Most of the tradesmen were from the north and when hearing that war had started, dropped their tools and left. Those tools are still laying right

Re: legacy manual

Send me your email address and I will send you the manual. dexterbland (at)gmail(dot)com. I have in cut scanned in PDF form in pieces that are small enough to email. On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:17:14 PM UTC-6, Dan Appel wrote: Any chance of getting an email of the manual. If it is too

Re: New Legacy Drill press

You have to hand it to the people who are always asking what if... Curt is certainly one of those guys. Legacy should put you on the product development team, Curt. DB On Saturday, December 14, 2013 11:22:53 PM UTC-6, LILtwisted wrote: The smartest people I know are the ones that are

Re: It Gets No Better: A 1500 in Altamonte Spring, Fl for $500

What is milling length of the 1500exl? Sunday, October 20, 2013 4:43:29 AM UTC-5, Begat wrote: Hello Everyone, There is a 1500 with a motor for sell in Altamonte Springs, Florida for $500. Has manuals etc. Too far from me otherwise I would be there today.

Re: It Gets No Better: A 1500 in Altamonte Spring, Fl for $500

It does look shorter than the 1500 model in the photos and the new price he stated would have been one of the smaller models. I don't think the 1500 sold for just $2800. If you knew the size of the tile on the floor, you could probably figure out the true length. Dex On Sunday, October 20,

Re: It Gets No Better: A 1500 in Altamonte Spring, Fl for $500

I sent this guy a question regarding the length of the the machine and here was his reply --- I can measure it when I get back in town , but I am sure it does up to 4' or so This tells you this is not a 1500, but still a good deal at just $500 especially with the motor. Just that with the

Re: lead screw support on longer legacy mills...models 2000 and 2200

Here is how I mounted my limit switch so that only the one plate would be needed to mount it and the carriage would trip the switch directly. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: woodchuck model MA-12 purchase

Here is a way I figured out how to mount the limit switch. The switch is mounted on a flat stock (in this case a piece of plexiglass I had) and just a screw into a nut in the top rail. The edge of the plexiglass is where the switch opens to stop the motor. Since this switch has an arm that is

Re: Four, Yes, Four 900s for Sale on Ebay for $2500 Each out of Texas

I have a PDF that I copied from somewhere that has the adaptor plate that you are refering to. Send a message to dexterbl...@gmail.com and I will send you the file. I'm not seeing how to attach to this message. Dexter On Mar 26, 9:11 pm, Brandon Khoury blkhou...@gmail.com wrote: That's kinda

Re: New Self adjusting steady rest

Really cool idea Curt. Is there a reason that the top arms are not wider apart and the the two arms connected with one spring? That would make the design a little more simple. Wouldn't the part you are cutting keep the jig centered or does it need the centering that the two springs provide? Just

Re: Motorized router lifter

Curt, This really does not come to the level of CNC. I , like you, don't really want to go to the level of computer programming to create something. Currently, my biggest problem that I have with my machine is the slop in the router plunge legs. A rig like what I found would be perfect for the

Re: Motorized router lifter

The router movement side to side is greatest when plunging. You can get the carriage to move on the side opposite of the split nut, but very little. If I was to create a lock on that side, that would eliminate that smaller problem. The biggest issue is trying to plunge the router without it

Motorized router lifter

http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/powerlift.html?gclid=CKDzybqjjbECFQZ5hwodl1wdig#routersize_anchor I stumbled across this goodie today. Unfortunately the larger 3.5hp routers will not fit in this unit (4.2” diameter). I do see it as a great possibility in

Free CAD program

told by someone who uses it a lot). You do have to register your name and e-mail address to use it. There is also a user manual that you can download from the website as well. -- Dexter Bland All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke -- You received

Re: slab coffee table

That block must weigh a lot. Very nice work. Don't forget to post the completed project photos. Dexter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To view this discussion on the web visit

Re: Coffee Table Project

For those who are thinking of doing some fuming, I would suggest the u-haul trailer method for two reasons. One, it gets the smell away from your shop. For those who use the garage that is attached to your house as a shop, this would be a must. Second, it would be difficult to seal in the

Re: Motor installation

Curt, Thanks for the info. I found another Dayton motor (4Z128b) that has more power and speed and has the same frame size for a great price. The mounting holes, shaft size and shaft length were identical to the standard motor set-up so it fits the end plate that was already on my mill. I have

Re: $2000 for a Pretty 1200

I have seen this photo before on the sawmillcreek dot net web page in the classifieds section a couple of months ago. It is located in LA, CA and it is a 1200. His previous post on that web listing said he was preparing to move On Jun 1, 8:38 pm, Tim Krause artmarb...@comcast.net wrote: The

Re: Podium project

The reason that I mentioned where the wood was from, usually this far south walnut tends to be a darker color. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to

Podium project

Here is a podium that I made about a year ago. It is made of Walnut (cut from N Alabama) with a Tung Oil finish (not sure how many coats) that was sanded between each coat with steel wool. The top is made in two pieces. The lower piece is glued and screwed to the shaft and then the top just glued.

Podium Project

with a router table and had to cut them to fit one at a time since the grooves were not exactly the same size. I did put screws in from the bottom to pin the legs so they wouldn't move while the glue dried. -- Dexter Bland All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

Re: Podium project

Yep, Piedmont area... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Legacy Ornamental Mills group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Podium Project

on that stand,.that is something to be proud of. You did a very nice job on it. I did not see any top pictures did you add any groves or details on that as well? Have a good night. C.A.G. - Original Message - From: Dexter Bland dexterbl...@gmail.com To: legacy-ornamental-mills legacy

Re: Index holes in 2x and .25 gears

Tim I don't know if they made different variations, but my sets have the following index holes: .25 has 36 holes 1 has 40 holes 2x has 24 holes --- Dexter On May 20, 9:05 pm, Tim Krause artmarb...@comcast.net wrote: How many index holes are in the 2x and .25 gear reduction set?  Legacy's site

Re: Home Made Rotary Table

to ask. -Tim - Original Message - From: Dexter Bland dexterbl...@gmail.com To: Legacy Ornamental Mills legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:05 AM Subject: Re: Shipping a LOM and/or Heavy accessories  I have made a simple indexing rotary table

Homemade Indexing table

I made a cheap index rotary table that I needed to make some candlestick bases. For each one I sandwiched a 3/4 plywood with two pieces of 1/4 hardboard just smaller than would fit between the rails of my machine. I clipped the corners to make it where I could use the machine to make it round. I

Making Z-axis upgrade

I am new to the group here and have spent some time reading other peoples comments about the service Legacy is not providing it's past customers. I purchased a 1000ex a few years ago second hand and would like to upgrade my unit. I just use my unit for my own projects so upgrade is not critical

Re: Shipping a LOM and/or Heavy accessories

I purchased a 1000ex (6 ft unit) several years ago from someone in Seattle, WA area and had it shipped to cental Alabama for about $200. The previous owner (great guy) crated up the unit and took it to the dock to avoid the pickup fee. The crate weighed about 250 lbs and was no problem to slide