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Sally Shaper is not well!

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Darren:
Hi John Hill,

Sounds like some bits where not done up tight enough. Bogs is of course correct, no amount of play will be tolerable, chatter being the most obvious result.

My shaper works very well, but it also chatters when being asked to cut slots.
It's probably a small machine issue.

Darren

bogstandard:
Try a bit of this, it seems to cure most problems.




Bogs

John Hill:

--- Quote from: Darren on March 09, 2009, 04:17:50 AM ---Hi John Hill,

It's probably a small machine issue.

Darren

--- End quote ---

Well she is certainly a 'small machine' Darren, as I said small enough to be picked up and carried to the vehicle!

Does yours work better on cast iron or the more plastic mild steel?  I have only been playing with scraps of mild, in fact I dont think I have any cast scrap in pieces I could get into the shaper.

websterz:

--- Quote from: bogstandard on March 09, 2009, 05:08:59 AM ---Try a bit of this, it seems to cure most problems.




Bogs

--- End quote ---

Is there a U.S. supplier? I will buy it by the case!! :)

Darren:
Well I don't think you could carry mine to the car  :bugeye:

I believe it's like any machine, the more surface the tool is in contact with the higher the chance of chattering. Even my lathe chatters when chamfering too wide.

I've used alloy, mild steel and a hard rolled plate on mine. They all gave a good finish. very good indeed.

In fact, with the rolled plate I couldn't drill it even with a carbide drill bit. Nor could I touch it with a milling tool. But the shaper didn't bat an eye, took the hard crust right off.

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