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Post by jfc on Dec 21, 2007 19:53:00 GMT
Some of you may remember i tried to use the legacy a while ago to do tenons and had a few mishaps  Well ive set it up this time just to clean up a tenon that has been cut oversize on the bandsaw . I laid in the flat bed and made up an L shaped fence and stop , there is a planer cutter in the router set to the depth i need to clean up the tenon . The stops are locked on the legacys guide rails so the router only passes over the tenon .   The results are great for me , a perfect tenon every time and no time wasted on the band saw , i just shove them through over sized , cut the cheeks off and clean up with the legacy . |
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Post by dom on Dec 21, 2007 19:54:46 GMT
Who's a clever boy then, nice one Jase.
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Post by sainty on Dec 21, 2007 20:49:24 GMT
Whats the setup time like for that JFC? How does it compare to other methods?
Rgds
Sainty
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Post by afterglow on Dec 21, 2007 20:52:53 GMT
Hmm, what's this The Legacy then JFC? I haven't come across that one before.
Cheers,
Lee
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Post by jfc on Dec 21, 2007 21:01:34 GMT
Other methods i have used have always not quite been right . Straight of the bandsaw works but it takes to long IMHO . I did have a router set up with an over sized bed to do the same clean up but that was also a bit hit and miss .
Set up time depends on what you have already made for the legacy . My flat bed was made already so i just needed to attach it ( four bolts ) The stops took seconds to set and the depth of the planer cutter maybe two atempts to get it right . Now its set up ill just leave it there as my next job is lots of tenons .
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Post by colincott on Dec 21, 2007 21:01:56 GMT
jason
Nice to the Legacy getting some use and nice way to use it;)
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Post by jfc on Dec 21, 2007 21:56:54 GMT
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Post by afterglow on Dec 21, 2007 22:01:16 GMT
Ah, thanks JFC, looks like a well-made and more robust version of the trend router lathe, if they're still around.
I remember seeing these a few years ago and thinking that they looked rather nice. I use my woodrat for tenons - very nice to have some kind of robust machine with a router as the cutter, makes life much more predictable and less "oh-sh**" too.
Cheers,
Lee
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Post by jfc on Dec 21, 2007 22:37:41 GMT
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Post by afterglow on Dec 21, 2007 22:44:47 GMT
Now, now, JFC, let's not do "mine's better than yours" or I'll be forced to start dreaming up jigs for the Woodrat to make it do things that I don't need to do  I can remember a time, quite a few years ago, when I made new additions to the Woodrat at an alarming rate. Pity my woodworking output didn't ever quite live up to that level of productivity  I think the lathe-mounted router concept is rather neat - if you fancy turning out some of those half-round arches with all the scallopy bits in them, I'll happily take them off your hands and find an excuse to use them somewhere! Cheers  Lee |
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Post by jfc on Dec 21, 2007 22:54:04 GMT
They where the first things i made because i thought they where telling fibs . I took some S&T timber i had and made the colums and some MDF did the shell arch . Crap timber just to prove them wrong and they where right  Dont you just hate that ;D |
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Post by afterglow on Dec 22, 2007 9:26:26 GMT
Oh wow, I thought you were just posting advertising pics too - cool!
They really are nice. I guess the scallop shell shapes would conventionally be made by carving, while the columns could be done with a stationery lathe and a jig for a router (a la Norm).
Now, must tell myself "I do NOT need a Legacy, I do not need a Legacy ...".
Cheers,
Lee - already feeling the gravitational forces of new tool ideas on my wallet.
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Post by Alf on Dec 22, 2007 11:13:55 GMT
Well that didn't take long, Lee. ;D
Very nice, Jas; would it merely cause undue hilarity if I were to ask about dust extraction...?
Cheers, Alf
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Post by nickw on Dec 22, 2007 11:25:20 GMT
Hot off the press, well out of the workshop anyway, these were made using the Legacy for all the mortices in the feet and arms.  Cherry, Burr Elm, Ebony, Brass and Stainless Steel, Finishing Oil and wax. I also used Dominos as the loose tenons, but for various reasons, not the Domino machine. Full details to follow in a magazine - when I've written the article. |
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Post by paulchapman on Dec 22, 2007 12:21:40 GMT
Very nice, Nick. Cheers Paul |
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Post by dom on Dec 22, 2007 19:09:51 GMT
Very nice indeed.
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Post by jfc on Dec 22, 2007 20:15:36 GMT
They are Larry Tippets work not mine , i had a go at it to see if it could be done by someone with no legacy experiance .
Like the chairs Nick .
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Post by jfc on Dec 24, 2007 18:21:03 GMT
My poor attempt at the shell in MDF  It's not neat but it was a test to see if it really could be done . |
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Post by dom on Dec 24, 2007 18:30:18 GMT
Did you do that with the Legacy Jason?
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Post by jfc on Dec 24, 2007 18:38:21 GMT
It was the first thing i did on the Legacy .
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Post by paulchapman on Dec 26, 2007 11:07:16 GMT
That's quite impressive, Jason. Cheers Paul |
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Well ive set it up this time just to clean up a tenon that has been cut oversize on the bandsaw . I laid in the flat bed and made up an L shaped fence and stop , there is a planer cutter in the router set to the depth i need to clean up the tenon . The stops are locked on the legacys guide rails so the router only passes over the tenon .
Dont you just hate that ;D
