Shapers who else has one?

[lazylathe]

My latest purchase is this Rhodes Shaper with a slitter head!!
I think i win the "Mine is older than yours"!!!!
1929 vintage and it still runs like a dream!!!

The dovetails still have the original scraping and flaking marks.
Unfortunately it did not come with a vise....

And of course the pictures:







This is one of the older Rhodes shapers since it has the motor above the machine. This was most likely line driven at some time.
Later models had it connected to the castings base.

When i first set it up the motor had been wire for the incorrect rotation.
It was cutting faster on the forward stroke and returning slowly.
A quick rewire and it sounds and works a lot better!!!
This was luckily pointed out to me by HMEM members otherwise i would never have known!
The manuals available have very little info in them...

And a quick video of it running:
http://youtu.be/PJnH_189v48

I hope you enjoyed the pics and video!!!

Andrew