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    Hi One you clever guys may be able to ID the vice on my shaper ? It appears to be a non-standard ATALS vise ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by morrisman View Post
    Hi One you clever guys may be able to ID the vice on my shaper ? It appears to be a non-standard ATALS vise ?
    Hey Mike,

    I'm not sure what a standard ATALS vice looks like but here are a few snaps of the vice supplied by Atlas.

    BT
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    Thanks for that . So do you have the rest of the ATALS (sic) machine, or just the vise ? The vise I pictured seems to be for round stock - but I could possibly make some flat jaws for it .

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    I don't own an Atlas shaper Mike. I have a Douglas. The photos were some I saved years ago, back when all this stuff was new and appealing to me. I had wanted to make a vice for my Hercus mill so I collected images for inspiration. South Bend's vice had more appeal because of its simplicity. I ended up buying a beater Hercus vice and fixing it.

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    Hi Morrisman.
    It certainly looks like a special for round stock - but I doubt its a shaper vice. They normally have their movable jaw pulled not pushed and are most often held by 4 T-bolts or nuts. The reasons for this were discussed here in another shaper thread.
    Cheers, Joe
    retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....

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    HI,

    Looks modern, its all sharp and angles, maybe machined from a big block of steel? Not rounded from a cast type vice.

    Ben

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