Gerard's Shaper Design

[TomG]

Wow, I'm a seriously late comer to this party. I can't believe I didn't hear that someone was building a shaper from scratch before now.

Gerard, your gearbox looks very well designed a machined. It must have taken some time to cut all those gears. Did they all mesh properly, or did some require fitting? Is the design based on an existing shaper gearbox or did you design it from scratch. It is excellent work either way.

What size is your shaper? It's hard to get a feel of the scale from the pictures.

Thanks for taking the time to post the build thread. I'll be patiently awaiting the next installment.

Tom