Re: Bits to start with

2018-02-19 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
I think that Hone, should do very nicely for you Arkady.  With diamond hones, I normally use medium or coarse.  When honing my router bits, 30-50 passes per side is what I normally do. To keep the bits sharpdose not take a lot of work. Now when I buy used router bits, that can be a loaded

Re: New to the group, new owner of a 1200 Mill

2018-02-19 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
hi tim!...my first thought after reading your post is to say that you might not be happy with the tolerance level a legacy, converted to CNC, could provide you, especially since you are accustomed to working with some very nice, precision equipment... you could add linear bearings to the three

Re: Re: Re: Do you use your template follower On your Legacy Ornamental Mill

2018-02-19 Thread 'joe biunno' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
good morning gentlemen!...a couple of comments on templates and copying... we do quite a bit of multiples in our shop, mostly 4, 6, and 8...extremely rare if we do more than that of any one piece... over the years we have tried and used a few different types of copiers, all on our lathe, not

Re: Re: Re: Do you use your template follower On your Legacy Ornamental Mill

2018-02-19 Thread 'Ronald Kirchoff' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Hi Curt I agree with your point. However, I think that the Shop Smith approach, where the copy follower is the same shape as the cutter, goes a long way in solving that problem. Regards, Ron   In a message dated 2/18/2018 12:57:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Re: Bits to start with

2018-02-19 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Hello ArkadyI use a diamond honing stone.  I own a few different ones, Rockler's work well but I like ones a little longer,  so I have bought a few over the years.  

Re: Re: Re: Do you use your template follower On your Legacy Ornamental Mill

2018-02-19 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Hello and Good morning everyone. Thank you Joe for your views on this topic. I like the Shop Smith duplicator, like you said "to get into all the  "nooks" and "crannies",  I  like to think of it like this, you can Attack the wood at the proper angles to get the best results.The other two stiles

Re: Re: Re: Do you use your template follower On your Legacy Ornamental Mill

2018-02-19 Thread 'Ronald Kirchoff' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Hi Curt When I sent my last  message on the topic I had't read Mike's response. Undercutting can be done on the SS  but would require rotation of the router about the B axis.  Regards Ron   In a message dated 2/18/2018 12:19:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com

Re: Bits to start with

2018-02-19 Thread Arkady Paka
Hello Curtis What you say about https://www.amazon.com/dp/B4WFTW/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IRINIM1TKWQPE=W6SB3AN8FKJ0=1 What grit you use and how light or hard you treat the bit? Arkady 2018-02-19 17:57 GMT+02:00 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills <