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Thread: Show us your Shaper
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14th Jan 2012, 11:24 AM #31Senior Member
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Cincinnati shaper restoring pics - Practical Machinist - Largest Manufacturing Technology Forum on the Web
Steve Lindsay Shop Tour
ToolCat your work Is amazing, I was watching your thread on PM when you first posted it
Love your Monarch lathehappy turning
Patrick
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28th Feb 2012, 11:43 PM #32
Bump...
Just because I like it here;'s that video again...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f21g2_zHQA]Joe's Welding Table - YouTube[/ame]
Regards
Ray
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29th Feb 2012, 09:37 AM #33Senior Member
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Gotta love that...Bob
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3rd Mar 2012, 11:07 AM #34Novice
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Shapers Here are some of mine
Hi Guys,
First post so I hope I don't screw it up...
I'm a dyed in the wool "Shaper Nut"...loved them and used them for over 40 years...
So, I couldn't pass up this thread on Shapers...
Here are a couple of photos...of my: Elliott 10M (circa 1969), Elliott 14M (circa 1963) and my late model Gate/Elliott 14M (1985) with the swivel table...
Lurking further back in the "shed" is an 8" Boxford (circa 1962)...
I have also just secured a Invicta/Elliott Model 2 Vertical Slotting Attachment (to fit the 14 inch Elliott's)...but it won't be home 'til next weekend...after a 700 mile round trip, by my mate, to pick it up for me.
I have been actually looking for one of these Vertical Slotting Attachments for over three years now...and was starting to give up hope!
...Still hasn't sunk in that I have finally got my grubby little hands on one...
Hope you like the pics...
Regards,
Neebs
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3rd Mar 2012, 11:15 AM #35.
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"Hope you like the pics..."
I do.
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3rd Mar 2012, 11:54 AM #36Diamond Member
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Great pictures
Neebs
Great pictures from Scotland.
I thought owning one shaper would be marvellous.
Its obvious like a lot of us downunder you are pretty keen on them
regards
Bruce
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3rd Mar 2012, 01:02 PM #37Senior Member
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Neebs has got it bad 4 shapers in the one shed,,,, now where will the next shaper be placed???
Is the slotter attachment like this one
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Do hope you come back when you get the slotter attachment and show us.
Some closer pics of each of you shapers be good too
Cheers.
If I'm not right, then I'm wrong, I'll just go bend some more bananas.
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3rd Mar 2012, 01:39 PM #38
Good to hear from the Kingdom of Fife
Robbo 37 in Oz
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3rd Mar 2012, 03:12 PM #39Dave J Guest
Very nice, and cant wait to see the vertical head. Maybe you can let out how they attach to the shaper and work, as I have never found an online reference. Most UK shops are small and would only have room for one shaper and that's it, so you must have some room there.
Shaper haven on PM from the US is up to 22 shapers I think it is, are you going to keep going to keep the world balanced, LOL
Dave
PS
I hope to have my third shaper here this year, it's another 24 inch shaper with all the bells and whistles.
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3rd Mar 2012, 04:40 PM #40
Hi Neebs,
Another vote for information of the vertical slotting attachment, I'm curious about how they work as well..
Love that vise on your 14M I want one.
Regards
Ray
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4th Mar 2012, 12:48 AM #41Novice
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Thanks for the welcome
Hi Guys,
Thanks for your enthusiastic welcome and cheers to : "Bob" (Anorak), Bruce, "Log", Robbo 37, Dave "J" and Ray "G"...
I will try and answer most of your points in this post...
Bruce..."Pretty keen" on Shapers is an understatement...I am absolutely obsessed with Shapers!...I see them as the "forgotten friend" of the Home Engineer...and when you consider the versatility and flexibility afforded by a "shaper" (about the only thing you can't do on a Shaper is: Drill Holes!)...allied with the fact that it is low-cost tooling...I just cannot fathom why the "penny hasn't dropped"...with more of the "men in sheds" brigade.
"Log"...well spotted that man...yes that's the beasty!...sitting on the pallet next to the Shaper.
"Robbo 37"...thanks for your mention of the "Kingdom of Fife"...appreciated!
Dave "J"...I would love to keep the world "balanced" by bringing home more Shapers...unfortunately, I can't get anymore in!!!
...and just a few weeks ago, I had to pass-up on an Invicta 24 inch complete with original vice...as I just couldn't squeeze any more into the shed...damn!!!
Ray "G"...you and a few other guys have asked for more info on the Vertical Slotting attachment...
Well, here is a scan from the Invicta Sales "flyer"...enjoy.
...and Ray...just for you...here is a picture of the Elliott Shaper Vice
To all...I will keep you posted of progress with the refurbishment and installation of the Vertical Slotting Attachment as it unfolds...
I will have to make an Operating Link/Crank to drive this attachment...as it was "missing" from the one I have secured.
These things are so rare...I am actually currently "conversing" with a Scotsman, in Bermuda, to measure up the Operating Crank from his...and send me the info...
It is times like this that you really start to appreciate the value of the Internet...
Regards,
Neebs
P.S. Happy to upload other pics or close-ups of the Shapers if interested.
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4th Mar 2012, 01:09 AM #42Dave J Guest
Do you have a sketch or a picture of how it actually connects to the shaper? I would be interested in what ever photos you put up.
Dave
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4th Mar 2012, 10:19 AM #43.
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More snap shots.
I'll back Dave there. The more detailed the better.
BT
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4th Mar 2012, 10:47 AM #44Most Valued Member
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anyone ever seen a raffle for a shaper?...i dont have one
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4th Mar 2012, 12:11 PM #45Novice
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Operating link for Invicta/Elliott Vertical Slotter Attachment
Hi Guys,
Right then...for Dave "J" and Anorak Bob I will attach a couple of photos of the Operating crank/link which drives the Attachment from the drive-pin on the Shaper Bull Gear/Stroke Changer slide. (these pics were supplied to me by a guy in Tennessee)...so you can see we are going right around the world for the info!
I also suggest you look again at the scans/pics of the Vertical Slotter Attachment Sales Flyer...to get an idea of how the Vertical Attachment sits on the Shaper main casting.
To fit the attachment: you have to lift off the existing Horizontal Shaper Ram and then lift out the Rocking Lever and the corresponding sliding die Block. Then you "lift" the Vertical Slotting Attachment into position to (in effect) replace the Horizontal Shaper Ram (again...see the pic from the Vert. Slot. Attach. Sales Flyer). It is then LOCKED in place by tightening up the Gib Strip from the (removed) Shaper Ram. You then fit the Operating crank/link by slipping the lower bushed end onto the exposed Shaper Bull Gear/Sroke changer slide driving pin while guiding the Operating crank up through the open center of the attachment to attach the top of the crank/link to the lug on the back of the Vertical Sliding Ram.
This then allows the rotary motion of the driving pin on the Bull Gear assembly to be converted to a vertical motion for the Slotter Ram...simples!!!
You have now changed the machine from a 3hp 14 inch stroke conventional Shaper...to a 3hp 9.5 inch stroke Vertical Slotter...(within the same floor "footprint").
This all "sounds" a lot more complicated than it actually is...hopefully the photos will add the clarity that my "words" don't.
Regards,
Neebs
P.S. The last picture is not one of my machine...it is the machine referred to: in Log's post...a few posts back...via his link to Practical Machinist.Last edited by Neebs; 4th Mar 2012 at 06:43 PM. Reason: I forgot to credit source for last picture in my post
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