Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread MWF
Dexter,I hate to put it this way - but, like you alluded to, I think the embalming/coffin way of burying folks, is a "dying" business. (Pun intended.)Two aspects of cremation are what is spelling the demise of embalming & coffin burials:1. Cost comparisons - Cremation is much less expensive.2. 

Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Dexter Bland
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: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Bawdsey64
​Hi Richard I also signed OSA and like wise in commerce I have signed similar documents but where I receive Commercial in Confidence information it stays with me. Only a couple of hours ago I was told something in Commercial in Confidence, and in the last couple months other things have come

Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Richard Ellis
Roger I know about the O.S.A.s (official secrets acts ) but as I, was also in the R.A.F. This little bit of secrecy is taking it too far, by the way ,I too served on a a couple of Signal units in Germany close to the East German border. We also had the British army with us but no *red caps,*

Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread MWF
Roger,Interesting info. - thanks for sharing.Regarding your answer "f." below:When a coffin making business dies, who makes the coffin for IT? (I couldn't resist - your choice of words for the demise of the company set this one up. Intentional on your part?This Group needs some occasional

Re: Milling on the Legacy

2017-04-05 Thread CURTIS GEORGE
Hello Richard I too air dry much of my own wood. But I have tried a number of different approaches over the years. If I'm working with Green Wood, (again for fun.) I like to turn first, and then ether brown bag my work. (that is put the idiom in one or two brown paper bags and seal the bag's

Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Bawdsey64
​The answer is no I have not used it and probably won't. But wait and see. Roger & out! Sent from TouchMail for Windows 10 [http://bit.ly/1PH8eIw] ​ From: Richard Ellis Received: 05/04/2017 13:11:01 +01:00 To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Thanks Roger Have you used your LOM yet???  The answer

Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Richard Ellis
Thanks Roger Have you used your LOM yet??? The answer that you gave in line "a" is about right as far as Legacy is concerned , I myself would not ever buy anything from them with their practice of not answering Emails. I have been running my own company for a very great time and would never

Re: U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Bawdsey64
​Hi Richard The answers to your questions are:- a. I think you and your Woodchuck are on your own. b. Nearly 100 Legacy Mills in UK c. How many CNC were sold at Newark wood working show - I don't know and if I did I would not say because if I did it would have been a "Commercial  Confidence" and

U.K. Legacys

2017-04-05 Thread Richard Ellis
Perhaps Roger can help- been wondering if my Woodchuck was the only one ever imported to the U.K. and of course how many L.O.M.s are there over here. Also wondering how the sales of the C.N.C.s at the Newark U.K. woodworking show went ---did they sell many?? Don't seem to hear

Re: Milling on the Legacy

2017-04-05 Thread Richard Ellis
Hi Curtis, strange thing has happened the post I first put on about milling has disappeared, don't know why I used to have a very small sawmill and that is small by U.K. standards-- I did stick a lot of oak that I planked, and used it for staircase and other stuff when I built

Re: Milling on the Legacy

2017-04-05 Thread Richard Ellis
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:20:54 AM UTC+1, Richard Ellis wrote: > > I have the old Woodchuck and a few weeks ago I had a round log of wood, 8 > inches in dia. and wanted to plank it into 1 inch boards, my bandsaw does > not have a moving table so I milled two flats on the log along the