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20th Sep 2020, 08:30 PM #1Golden Member
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Cute Little Shaper
The photos show a small shaper recently given to a friend from a deceased estate.
A 'cute' little beauty that exudes an aura of capability.
Assorted boxes of 'stuff' show the owner was building live steam locomotives.
Any suggestions on the builder ?
Source of documents etc ?
Note that it still shows a number on the flywheel, black text on grey background.
It looks shop-made, and I think it is the sort of equipment made by a manufacturing plant during the war years.
There must have been a drawing on which it was based.
Shaper 1.jpgShaper 2.jpgShaper 3.jpg
Keep well,
John.
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20th Sep 2020, 09:42 PM #2
Hi John,
I agree, a lovely little thing ! It would go very nicely in a small workshop and it looks to have all the attributes of a bigger machine.
The motor is a Hoover 0.25 Hp washing machine one. Very common in the early 50's, right up to the late 60's. I remember seeing piles of them in the scrapyards as a youngster. I remember my Dad used one for a home built wood lathe, not that I remember him doing much with it.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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21st Sep 2020, 11:34 AM #3Senior Member
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It could be an old Ammco shaper? I have a little Atlas 7B which is small like that. South bend also made a small shaper, they all look very similar.
I would have a look at vintagemachinery.org that may help.
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22nd Sep 2020, 12:13 AM #4Golden Member
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I went through the lathes.co.uk site and found the Royal shaper as the closest resemblance.
Perhaps the Royal was used as a basis and local parts produced at reduced scale.
Anyone out there with a Royal shaper that could comment ?
Didn't get much joy at vintagemachinery.org.
I think I will repeat a look at both sites as a cross-check.
Keep well,
John.
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22nd Sep 2020, 08:22 PM #5Golden Member
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Hi John,
That is a nice little shaper.
Any chance to get a few more photos from different angles?
Cheers
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27th Nov 2020, 01:13 PM #6Golden Member
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My friend located the access door.
Obvious why the door was missing initially.
When mounted, the door cannot swing past the input pulley, so cannot access the stroke adjust mechanism.
The pulley must be a later modification.
The door casting has what appears to be letters included.
It may read " CESD" or CESO".
The first "C" could be an "E", and what I take to be an "S" with a hole, could be two circular arrows.
Can anyone shed light on the possible manufacturer ?
Access Door compr.JPG
The hole in the middle appears cast, with no sign of anything ever attached.
By dint of circumstances, the shaper is now in my shop.
(Not taking notice when the rest of the assemblage stepped back !)
So, more photos will be available.
I will start a thread in the Project section as this machine would be useful for pulley keyways and splines.
Keep well,
John.
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