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Darren:
Ha, gotcha.....you're trapped now for sure..... :lol:

Welcome, glad you found the place interesting.......nice shaper, please tell us more about it......

You know I don't think any forum has a dedicated shaper section....not that I've found anyway....


I like shapers btw....not much exp though.... :dremel:

RDL:

--- Quote from: Darren on September 24, 2009, 05:36:59 PM ---Ha, gotcha.....you're trapped now for sure..... :lol:  ...

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I have not found a site either apart from Shaper Forum at Yahoo.com which I feel is more social than technical.  The problem with general forums is that things get buried rather quickly because of the quantity of topics covered.  There is a rather large Practical Machinist (PM) thread which has had 52,000 views.  This activity mostly took place when the thread was located in the General View.  When I asked Milacron to open a Shaper thread he reacted by banishing shaper threads to the Antique section where there is much less activity.

As I previously mentioned, I would like to see a Shaper forum but I am new here and don't know the correct process to achieve such wish.  If possible such a forum would have a few Sticky threads such as "Tools", "Setups", and "Shaper Attachments".  This way a person could quickly find Tool sharpening parameters without the tedious search efforts.  Many people have posted pictures, on PM, of tooling that was made but it is now buried very deeply.

Here is one of my earlier pictures of my 24' Elliott Invicta Major.  Yes we do have some fair size tractors here.  Never popped so many Prozac pills as on that move even though the driver was skilled and very smooth.

Raymond

RDL:
Oops that was a rather large picture.

Raymond

bogstandard:
Raymond,

Unlike most sites, this one isn't dedicated to anything. That, I think, is why it is getting so popular, members have a feeling of freedom, rather than being tied down to a particular subject. What you do with your machines, gives ideas for other machines, and vice versa. Or if you get stuck with your own project, we have such a lot of members with specific specialities, they could end up helping you. A lot of the discussion might be pie in the sky, but on the other hand, there might be a little snippet amongst it that pushes your project to conclusion.

It might not be super technical site, as most engineering sites tend to end up being, which in my mind is a good thing, as the members don't feel 'threatened' in any way about discussing things between different 'passions'. I don't like working with wood, but that wouldn't stop me helping a carpenter, if my skills would allow it.

I reckon, if you put a few posts up about the shaper, and make sure that 'shaper' is in the topic heading, for search reasons, then I don't think you will be disappointed with the response.

If it can be 'modded', made, or discussed, then it is truly welcome.

For the number of members we have, shaper ownership is rather high at around 1%, which I think is good for a non dedicated site, and I am sure that figure will grow once they start to see how versatile a machine it is.

Even if it still only becomes a minor part of the site, and it becomes absorbed in the general melee, surely, showing your particular 'passion' off is better than not showing it at all.

Bogs

raynerd:
Welcome RDL, I`ve just got my boxford shaper up and running - thread is here:

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=1314.msg18677#new

I`m a relative noob so you probably won`t find too much of interest on there but it has been an interesting challange!

Look forward to reading more shaper related threads!
Chris

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