(05-13-2013, 03:03 PM)Jan Nieuwenhuis Wrote: My 8" shaper is made by the Dutch AI-Hembrug factory.





It was almost unused when I bought it last year.
I've got a little workshop of 2.25 x 4.5 m (7 1/2 x 15 feet) in which I managed to cram two toolroom lathes, the shaper, a horizontal/vertical mill, a die filer, a tool&cutter grinder and a table drill (which is placed on the workbench).


I guess you could say it's a little tight

The shaper is about 50 years old and still in perfect shape.
It doesn't have the original vise, but the former owner put a Brockhaus vise on it.
The vise alone would have cost new more than I paid for the complete shaper!!
Its performing perfectly on the shaper, so no complaints from me...

Cheers,
Jan

(03-24-2012, 02:38 PM)aametalmaster Wrote: I am old school and just love shapers. Learned how to run them in the early 70's in metal shop then a year later in Vocational Machine Trades where we had bigger ones. Didn't know at the time they were almost obsolete until i got in a few real shops. So anyway here is my little 7" SBL prob from the early 50's since it isn't the newer oil pump model from the 60's. I paid 300 bucks for it 3 blocks from my house. I looked for years online for one but they were too far away. I made the round corner stand since i wanted the old time look. Enjoy...Bob

(05-12-2012, 12:58 AM)Dave J Wrote: I have 3 shapers so I thought I would join in.

The first one I bought many years ago and it is a Douglas 10 1/2 inch stroke shaper.
It is in perfect condition wear wise and at the moment it is pulled down getting full going over, under drive and some other mods done.





The next one I got was a Alba 24 inch shaper. It has a bit of wear from the operators not oiling the ram enough.
This is a photo from when I bought it.



And this is the vise I picked up for it. It has 330mm jaws on it.








And this is the latest one I picked up about a month ago which is another Douglas shaper. I have plans to pull it down and bolt the main casting and the ram onto the Alba for a vertical slotter since vertical slotters are so hard to come by. The vise can then go on the other Douglas because it never came with one.










Dave

(07-29-2012, 10:51 PM)Tony Wells Wrote:

(07-29-2012, 07:57 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: Internal/external spline cutting? That's just a step or two away from a taut-wire involute generator for gear teeth or involute splines. Nice work!

You happen to have a link that describes that process? I ran across it a while back but lost track of it. I want to keep it for archives. Once in a while, I have a use for that.

(05-14-2013, 04:33 PM)the artfull-codger Wrote:

(05-13-2013, 03:03 PM)Jan Nieuwenhuis Wrote: My 8" shaper is made by the Dutch AI-Hembrug factory.

 

 

It was almost unused when I bought it last year.
I've got a little workshop of 2.25 x 4.5 m (7 1/2 x 15 feet) in which I managed to cram two toolroom lathes, the shaper, a horizontal/vertical mill, a die filer, a tool&cutter grinder and a table drill (which is placed on the workbench).
 

I guess you could say it's a little tight

The shaper is about 50 years old and still in perfect shape.
It doesn't have the original vise, but the former owner put a Brockhaus vise on it.
The vise alone would have cost new more than I paid for the complete shaper!!
Its performing perfectly on the shaper, so no complaints from me...

Cheers,
Jan

 Nice Shaper there Jan [but I would say that 'cos I love shapers] I have an alba & an elliot was going cheap so I couldn't resist it & got that as well, you think your workshop's full??? mines an old cowbyre bursting at the seams,will post some pic's soon.
Graham.