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Shaper
Bernd:
I whole heartly agree with what your saying John when it comes to the production enviroment. Speed is not the shapers greatest asset. Also modern methods of making sintered products has kind of obsoleted the shaper. Just press the powered metal into a shape you need. Modern tech has obsoleted the shaper and planner, that's just the way it goes.
For the home shop machinist though it could be a valueble tool for that one time fix-it-job. How many times have you heard or read in one of the forums of somebody needing an internal gear or internal spline. I think it would be a great learning experince to set up a shaper and make a gear or spline. But then that's me. ::)
Bernd
P.S. I won't mention anything about space. :)
bogstandard:
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You are a rotten bugger Bernd, I will get my own back one day.
John
Darren:
It turned out to be an Atlas/Acorn shaper, later model 7" with a 9.3" bed travel.
On a proper stand too, though the bottom section is filled with concrete. We split the machine off the stand, just four bolts and it's now in the back of my car waiting for help to get it out.
The stand was the heaviest bit !!
Will take a pic later but for now this is it
Alphawolf45:
I had one of those 7 inch atlas shapers in real good condition. Never used it once in the several years I had it finally sold it to a kid that had the big interest in Atlas machinery..Now I would appreciate having one for use cutting the mortise for falling block rifles......but I built a contraption that fits on my vertical mill for arm powered shaping of the odd internal shape and so dont need to make space for a full sized shaper.....
Brass_Machine:
You bought the shaper??
Holy crap. You are building up quite the machine shop Darren! Awesome stuff :headbang: I have never had a chance to use a shaper. We had one at the school I did a machine shop class at, just never used it. How much does it weigh?
Congrats on your find
Eric
I still gotta get those pictures of the base I did for the bandsaw for you.
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