I got a bit of shop time yesterday. Now with constant heating on in the shop, there was a comfy +5 degrees

First up was the sideways feedscrew, which looked to have been modified at some stage

The axial thrust is taken up directly by the dial (this is not entirely true, as the dial support is very rigid, while the dial can slide back and forth on it)

And on the other end, only a pair of "interlocking" nuts provide the support

So I found one of my precious brass bits and started turning

I call them thrust bearings



When assembling, I noticed that this brass washer brought the whole feed mechanism outwards and would bend the "feed shaft", so I had to remove it.

Here it is in place and tightened up

For rapid table feed on a manual shaper, a battery drill and an inverted hex bit prooved good results

I adjusted the table gibs, but while doing so I heard a small "ping" noise from two of the gib screws. They snapped right of, although I was only applying torque with the short end of a allen key


This screw holds the feed mechanism to the "feed adjusting plate", and frankly the cylindrical part is too short. When fully tightened it binds the feed mechanism to the plate, making it unable to rotate. This looked like a bit difficult machining for me, but I decided to give it a go

Roughed out the shape in some steel. No matter what I tried, I did not manage to get a nicer surface finish than this


Then there was time for the thread. You might think, that's easy, a Sweedish machine should have regular metric threads. But noooo, inches seemed to be the way of measuring back in the days. Knowing nothing about inch threads, my thread gauge figured it had a pitch of 11,5 per inch, so I had to change the gears on the feed.

After a few small blunders, my first actual single point thread came out. I figure why you all think a swinging threading tool might be handy


A bit later, and I parted the piece of. I even tested it on the threads, and it fit!


So next time, I'll have to mill a head on it
