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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Agree Agree. You re not really going to notice the difference between a 1/3hp motor, and a 1/2hp one, in this case, until you start pushing the machine to do stuff it was never intended, ie: taking huge heavy cuts. If you want to see how hard you can push it, you 'might' be able to see a...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    That is a great diagram for a basic multi purpose shaper tool holder! I would point out that I have seen many references that suggested that the tool holder be mounted, essentially, upside down, which puts the cutting edge in line with the pivot point of the clapper box. Easy way to picture it...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    IIRC, Ammco comes from the name Automotive Maintenance Machine Company, so yeah, back when almost every corner garage did stuff like resurfacing brake disks and drums, and many other jobs that almost nobody does, anymore, they filled a gap by producing affordable tools that did these specialized...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Like I said before, the original Ammco R/T, isn't anything special, nor is the indexing centers. Dunno what you are calling a Universal but none of the Ammco stuff was very complex to reproduce. You can make either with pretty basic shop tools. The R/T in particular, as it was, IIRC, just three...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Dear Diary, JACKPOT! Giggety giggety! :p Sure not an early 6 inch machine, AND it has a vise! Any other good junk with it?
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    Welding rod oven

    I figure you are wasting time and effort on sticking rods in the oven for any length of time before use. Logic is this. 300 Degrees, is not going to be hot enough to drive off bound moisture, provided that you actually need the Low Hydrogen characteristic, which should see the rods go straight...
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    Found Logan lathe

    Yeah, Logan is still in business, and still in the Logan Family. Scott Logan was fairly active online when I first hit the interwebs a few (dozens) year ago, ran across his posts on the rec.crafts.metalworking newsgroup, as well as on the practicalmachinist site. Dunno if he is still as active...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Amen! Get it sitting in your shop, and take a couple "New Toy" bragging pictures and post them! Take a good look at the main gear's teeth. The main gear on these is phenolic, and the teeth are helical, so they present additional stresses on the amateur to reproduce. 'IF' the gear is damaged, it...
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    HERO TIME - My Dream Lathe has Landed!

    Don't take it personal @Susquatch , It's been a long term dislike, mostly centered upon some very expensive Model Engineering magazines, that seemed to revel in wasting my money, printing long winded articles about such things as Treacle Mines, etc. A REAL disappointment, when you are spending...
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    Cast Bronze Plaques

    You REALLY need to hook up with someone with a CNC Router then. MDF, or HDF board is pretty cheap material. Computer graphic design is pretty easy work, from my experience, so you have all sort of options relating from everything between really basic text only, to some VERY nice pictures...
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