Peerless Shaper - Printable Version

Peerless Shaper - Printable Version

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RE: Peerless Shaper - f350ca - 11-13-2015

Thanks Dave,
The speed plate and stroke indicator on mine are cast aluminum, the serial number is 558, wonder how many were made. The crank handle was missing so I made one using a 3/4 socket, the arm is about a foot long, still a good crank to raise the table, with a heavy work piece it would be a struggle. The air cylinder is a good idea, not sure if a finer ratchet would help lift the table, the slip clutch on mine is after the ratchet and slips just fine.
Look forward to some pictures.

RE: Peerless Shaper - Dave D - 11-15-2015

Hi Greg,

I did manage to take some pictures and hopefully here they are. I took a quick look for the serial number and couldn't find one but I'll try again when I get a chance. The motor on mine looks like its original and is a 3 "BHP" 3 phase running at 1200 RPM. There are 4 v-belts driving the shaper.

RE: Peerless Shaper - f350ca - 11-16-2015

Thanks for the post Dave.
That vice looks like a monster, maybe someday I'll find one.
Your table is different than mine, does it bolt to the T slots on the apron, or what ever its called? Mine will rotate on the apron with two big bolts fastening it and a big tapered dowel pin aligning it at 90 deg.
Mine has a single phase motor with no plate, will have to check it with a tach, I assumed it was 1740 rpm. Does the driven pulley have gloves for 5 belts?
See yours has Peerless cast into the head, the one pho I found on the net was like that.
The serial number on mine was on the speed plate.

RE: Peerless Shaper - Dave D - 11-16-2015

Hi Greg,

I should get a chance later this week to check a number of things but here goes.
- The tables do look different. I had the table off when I first bought it and I think it does pivot.
- The pulley is only 4 belts but they are the bigger belts (B? belts) yours might be as well, I'll check the grooves and my counting.
- The motor is a Brooks and is British from what I remember.

I remember lifting the vice off the floor onto the table but that was a few years ago and my back was likely sore for a few days. I have one of those pickup truck hydraulic lifts that reaches the table and a few other machines, life is so much easier now. No luck with the serial number on the plate (plastic). I'm assuming it is stamped on a casting somewhere.

Dave

RE: Peerless Shaper - Sunset Machine - 11-17-2015

I like the tool tray. Great idea.

RE: Peerless Shaper - Dave D - 11-21-2015

Hi Greg,

My table is held on by 3 T-bolts and unfortunately it doesn't rotate like yours (I thought that your front table support looked different). Both the shaper and motor pulleys have only 4 grooves. I measured the vice and the jaws are slightly over 10 inches wide and the jaws open a full 12 inches.

Just after I bought it I read on another forum that on some shapers you can feed a shaft in from the back in order to cut a keyway, spline or ? I took a look and yes you can feed a pretty big shaft through the back. Pretty neat feature.

Sunset machine,

For me unfortunately the tool tray is kinda like my table saw. It makes a great place to pile all sorts of unrelated stuff that shouldn't be there ;)

Dave

RE: Peerless Shaper - Sunset Machine - 11-22-2015

The "tray" on mine is rimless and a great place for vice wrenches and parallels to pile up, jam or fall on my foot. You can see it in this pic:

RE: Peerless Shaper - f350ca - 11-22-2015

The tray makes a good drip tray for the excess oil off the ram.
You can feed a shaft through the body of my Logan too.
Would love to have a vice that size.

RE: Peerless Shaper - f350ca - 01-16-2016

Im going to need to cut some internal keyways so started making the tooling for the shaper.
Not sure what this is called, looks like a boring bar but the cutter gets pushed with the ram. Had a piece of inch dia mystery metal, maybe 4140 pre hardened. Rather than file out a 1/4 inch square hole for the cutter I somewhat copied the lantern tool holder on the shaper. Cut an elongated slot and used rings to cover the round ends.
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Now to make a mount for the clapper box.

RE: Peerless Shaper - f350ca - 01-16-2016

Got the mount made.
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Don't think I posted the V-block and clamp I made.

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Ready to start cutting keyways.