Legacy Ornamental Mill

[Kevin Post]

I'd be interested to know if any of you Creek Waders own or have used the Legacy Ornamental Mill. Based on demonstrations and their demo CD, I think it could be a useful addition to my shop.

I located a review (http://benchmark.20m.com/reviews/LegacyMill/toolslegacymill.html) on the web that was written by a gentleman that owns one. From his review, one can conclude that the tool is not without flaws. I'm looking for additional opinions...

-Kevin

[Jason Roehl]

I could be wrong here, but I believe the man you need to pester is one Bill Grumbine. Here's the link for his site where he talks about it and I'm sure he'd be glad to answer any more questions about it:

<a href = "http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/legacy.html">Legacy Millwork Machine</a>

[William Parks]

Kevin, I have had my Legacy for about 2 years now and I like having the ability to mill my own legs and molding. I recommend that before purchasing one, ask yourself, what does this machine do for me that I really need to spend this kind of money. It is not a cheap machine. If you're going to use it for the occassional table leg or an occassional piece of molding, then you might be better off financially outsorucing those items.

One of the features I like best is the repeatability. Four table legs all come out looking the same (mistakes and all).

For me it was a big learning curve but I just cut up a bunch of 2X4 pine lengthwise in 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" and just started milling away. You'll end up with some pretty ornate firewood. There is 1 video that comes with the machine, and 2 additional videos that you can purchase to get you started.

The specialty router bits are sold by Magnate however I recently learned at one of the wood shows that Woodline now offers the Legacy bits for the start up and advanced kits (at a better price). I don't recommend buying kits, but the price from Woodline, if I understood them correctly, might make it a hard offer to pass.

One big plus is the people at Legacy. Probably some of most helpful people I've run across. If you're not sure how to do something, you call them and they pretty much walk you through.

If I can answer any other questions feel free to ask.

Bill

[Jim Becker]

Bill Grumbine has one and has some good information at his web site. http://www.enter.net/~ultradad/