Bring out your shapers

[canuck750]

Glad to know it (your post) was a victim of a missed auto-correct, rather than an accurate reflection of reality.

I am really impressed by your work!

Have read too many reports of fellas dealing with grease filled machine tools, when the maker installed the same style of nipples but expected the users to read and understand that an Oil Gun, rather than a grease gun, was the correct tool to be applied.

So true! too many folks think those spring ball bearing oil ports are for grease, I have seen several machines where a grease zert was installed believing this would be an upgrade.

 

[trevj]

RTFI, FTFI!

Read the Frikken Instructions! Follow the Frikken Instructions!

Both, go a heckuva LONG way, towards not having to be embarrassed!

 

[Greywynd]

Here’s my little Rhodes shaper, I also have the vertical slotting head for it.

 

[140mower]

Here’s my little Rhodes shaper, I also have the vertical slotting head for it. View attachment 54915

It's got a nice chunky little vise on it.
Do you take the clapper off and install the vertical head? I didn't know such a thing existed.
Thanks for that, one more friggin thing that I never knew I needed/wanted or which ever you prefer to call it.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Boy I so want one of those. Have no reason to have one. Have no space to put one... So want one anyway.

 

[Greywynd]

It's got a nice chunky little vise on it.
Do you take the clapper off and install the vertical head? I didn't know such a thing existed.
Thanks for that, one more friggin thing that I never knew I needed/wanted or which ever you prefer to call it.

No, the entire top ram comes off, a big casting like an angle plate goes on, and a vertical slide then goes on that. I haven’t done it yet myself.

If you look at Rhodes shaper/Slotter there’s a pic of it setup.

 

[140mower]

That is a really cool piece of kit.... Now you need to think of a project to try it out on. Of course, we are going to need some detailed pictures as you go.....