Yup, dsquire guessed it! The latest addition to my shop is a Swedish Prema Typ 02 shaper. It came from a "high school" close to Trondheim, who were giving it away. So I arranged with a shipping company and got it home the ~1000km trip for 200£

It has not been used in over 10 years, so it needs a bit of attention to get into working shape..
Here it is on my small trailer

It was very top heavy, so I quickly decided to remove the ram and table to make the trip home safer

Loading it of in the shop

And there it is in place next to the mill. I have kept it on the fork lift to be able to move it around as I'm making small improvements

Lacking proper tools, I had to remove the whole table in one piece. That put my back on a proper test!


The ratchet mechanism can feed a gear either on the horizontal or vertical shaft, so I have feed both ways


Table from underneath

I plan to clean and paint the machine, so I removed all the covers

Here's the ram, gib and clapper box. The clapper box had to be opened with a rubber hammer..

The labeling on the gib is for the ram positioning. It only goes to 13cm(?), but I have measured the maximum ram stroke to 300mm

The scraping pattern is worn of the gib, but it is nowhere near the wear on the mill


I removed the tool slide. The tool slide nut looked like a homemade fix

The underside of the tool slide seems to have crashed with the main casting a few times.


Tool slide disassembled. There is a bit of wear in the screw bushing, will see if I decide to make a new bushing for that.

Then I removed the mounting block for the tool slide. It is being locked by an eccentric shaft from the top of the ram.
It had some blue marks on it, almost as if someone had tried to check its flatness

Front of the ram looked ok

Machine label. It's made in the same town as the Sajo mill


Here's the ratchet mechanism. Also showing signs of having been repaired a few times before.

Then I turned my attention to the table, and loosened it from the slides

Sideways slide looking fine

Up down slide also looking ok.

And the table. It is located to the slides by a key and can unfortunately not be swiveled.

After a quick wipe with an oil stone, I saw this mark. Someone has obviously broken out a piece of the T-slot, and here's the repair. Doesn't look too bad if you ask me.

Slide casing ready for wash and paint

The shaft where the ratchet is hinged on has cracked its casing, so someone has made a clamp to secure it in place. Works fine, so I'm going to leave it this way

All the components of the ram and table are now ready for cleaning and paint.
Here are some pictures of the rest of the machine.
There are only two pulley speeds

But the lever sticking out from the housing is a gear lever for 3 gears

I measured the maximum ram stroke to 300mm, should do me plenty


Top view inside the casing. On the bottom you can see the concrete floor

I have a few questions regarding the machine:
The machine has obviously been repainted, the inside of one cover is army green. Does anyone know how the original Prema color was? If not, I'm going to paint it grey-blue.

I have found these nipples around the entire machine. Are they supposed to be for grease or oil? Where can I get an oil gun to suit these?

Plans for the machine:
- Clean
- Function test of motor
- Paint
- Small fixes to get it into working shape
- Convert the machine to central lubrication. I'm thinking of using a power steering pump from a car, a small 3phase motor i have and make a sump in the bottom of the machine. My main question as of now, is what fittings to use to feed oil into the exising holes for the nipples
- Maybe redo the machine electrics to contactor steering, making it possible to add auto-stop switches to the machine