Bringing a Shaper into the 21st Century

[big job]

(10-27-2012, 08:48 AM)f350ca Wrote: So I won't have the only Shaper with a DRO. You ruined my only hope for a claim to fame.
When your cutting rack how do you clamp it to the table? I picked up some 3/4 x 2 flat bar, was going to bolt a section to the table then pin the rack to it (for indexing) then clamp another piece on the back side.
Thanks

Greg, no you can claim it I wont tell. As far as a rack it is sandwiched
in the shaper vise supported by parallels. The root will be real close to
the vise so > we also use a little oil and when the tool just swipes the
oil off, the root of the sample, you are there. It doesnt matter how long
of a rack; we cut as far as the table travel alows then they are C- clamped and advanced for the next section. Although time consuming
and maybe a DRO could help, but manually placing the tool in the next
exact sample tooth this method is more fail safe and no math or
measurements cause I hate math. Again the only biggie is grinding
the correct tooth form . If in doubt just try it with a piece of wood.
If you do not have a piece of rack (the sample) then I guess thats
where the DRO comes in. Once did a job where they had the gear but
no rack so we inked the gear rolled that on paper then scribed those
to the blank. Lot of standing there but its fun & gettin paid. Hope this
helps a little.