WHERE ARE THE SHAPER USERS ?

Joining in the old thread resurrection. Before I got a bandsaw, the 10" Royal shaper did a fair bit of work as a power hacksaw:-

Here are some pictures of my Edgwick 20" shaper, machining some parts of a Stuart 6a compound marine engine that I'm building.

Interesting, thanks chiefly to this thread MEW has featured a lot more about shapers in the last 12 months. Issue 278 will see Joe Noci's computerised Alba Shaper as the cover story, hopefully of wider interest than just to shaper fans.

Neil

(Thinking of getting a bumper sticker "Real Men have Shapers" or "My other Mill is a Shaper"

One more shaper user checking in! I got a Swedish made Värnamo Prema 02 Shaper. It does a really good job cleaning scrap metal which would either take forever on my bench mill and/or ruin my end mills.

I switched mine on briefly for the first time the other day, she has been sat awaiting time to sort a few issues out - not the least of which is a broken switch box which renders the machine live when plugged in

Maybe Ketan should think of getting the Chinese to make a new one he could sell.

regards Martin

Another Alba here.

Lovely old machines. Good to see them still being used.

RG2's group of three photo's, middle photo, is that a £10 note twixt clamp and work?

Perfecto 7" powered version in a too-cold-to-work-in workshop!

rgds

Bill

18" Macson (Alba) sitting in the garage awaiting restoration. Will not be touched until we move house later in the year.

Also an Adept No2, also needs work and is missing the handle, picked it up years ago.

Anyone able to supply a sketch of the handle so that I can make a new one while we are selling this house.

There is a thread on here, back in 2010, where the dims were given.

Titled 'handle length for an adept No 2 bench shaper'

Original Adept handle - 24" long, 1" x 5/16" - 3/8" holes at 1/2" and 4.1/2" centres from one end. Waisted at 'pulling' end. I've replaced mine with a shorter version (15" long) as for light work, it's more convenient and stores easily...

Regards,

IanT

Hello John,

Not a £10 note........... just a cut up scribbling pad with some numbers on !

Last night I removed the old electrics and started to install NVRs, one as a master inbound cut-off to the sockets and a second for the shaper itself. The old contactor was 3 phase (badly) rewired for single phase working and IMHO it makes no sense to have the on / off switch at shin height in line with the moving ram head, 'elf & safety should have stopped that

Anyway, more to do...

Edited By Andy Carruthers on 09/02/2019 10:08:18

That 5/16th thickness seemed a bit odd for some reason I couldn't quite put my finger on - so I checked the original again (with my glasses on) to be sure and it is right. However, it turned out that I used 3/8th x 1" on the shorter ( 15" ) replacement handle - must have been what I could get (or had) at the time. So either thickness should be OK for a replacement handle Peter.

IanT

Edited By IanT on 09/02/2019 16:09:22

My Adept came with a replacement handle, somewhere ebatween 15" and 24" long, I'd guess it's 18".

Neil

I have an Alb 1 A for twenty years now and would not part wit it for all the tea in China. Saves a fortune in milling cutters into the bargain. Shapers are greatly underestimated machine tool as to their usefulness and versatility.

B Reilly Glasgow

That's a very pretty machine Piotr!

Neil

Rewiring was going well until i found this nasty little bodge tucked up out of sight

6" of wire from the choccy block to the motor

Yes, the motor is sat on a safe, I must tidy my work surfaces...

When the wiring was removed, a crimp fell off too

Motor reinstalled, I need to read the manual on tensioning the drive belt tomorrow, the second NVR specifically for the shaper also needs finishing then it is onto setting up and testing