Hand powered shaper

[DavidR8]

@skippyelwell
Just picked up an Adept #1.

 

[skippyelwell]

Oooo, you got the vise for it, nice score.
Mines a little older I think, there is no #1 or #2 cast into it.
Under all the dirt and age there should be very dark blue paint.

 

[DavidR8]

Oooo, you got the vise for it, nice score.
Mines a little older I think, there is no #1 or #2 cast into it.
Under all the dirt and age there should be very dark blue paint.

I'm only assuming it's a #1 from the pictures on the lathes.uk.co site

 

[140mower]

So when can we start putting in our orders for axa and bxa tool holders? 😀 the cxa guys are probably going to have to wait while you get your arm into shape, and the oxa crowd, well, where's the challenge in that?😛😉

 

[Newtometalwork]

Very nice ..so cool

 

[skippyelwell]

It's taken me a while to clear out other less fun projects but started in on this 2 days ago and just finished today.
The original deep blue paint wasn't great to begin with and most of it came off just using dish soap on the parts, while hunting around to find a matching paint I thought I would try Dykem Blue layout fluid and it is a perfect match.
Don't know how long it will last but it looks good at the moment.

This shaper has seen quite a bit of use, I had to make of some thin brass shim washers to take up the slack in the pull arm.

This is the best I could get on cast iron,

soft aluminum,

and mild steel,

I tried 3 different bits but the results were similarly rough, I wasn't expecting a smooth finish but was hoping for something a little better. I'll play with the gibs a bit more, see if I can improve the finish.

 

[PeterT]

Thats really cool. I imagine you could confgure it to do thinks like keyway slotting?

 

[ChazzC]

It's taken me a while to clear out other less fun projects but started in on this 2 days ago and just finished today.
The original deep blue paint wasn't great to begin with and most of it came off just using dish soap on the parts, while hunting around to find a matching paint I thought I would try Dykem Blue layout fluid and it is a perfect match.
Don't know how long it will last but it looks good at the moment.

This shaper has seen quite a bit of use, I had to make of some thin brass shim washers to take up the slack in the pull arm.
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That would be perfect for my needs (and my small Shop). @Chicken lights : can you swing by, pick this up and drop it off at my Shop your next trip South? I'll buy Lunch.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

That cleaned up pretty good!

That would be just the ticket with a simple dividing head, or spindex for marking graduations on dials.

 

[Chicken lights]

That would be perfect for my needs (and my small Shop). @Chicken lights : can you swing by, pick this up and drop it off at my Shop your next trip South? I'll buy Lunch.

Find out how heavy it is first and how far I have to carry it 🙄

Fool me once ... 😀

You know I'm a sucker for a free meal so sure!

 

[skippyelwell]

Thats really cool. I imagine you could confgure it to do thinks like keyway slotting?

Sure, that would work, just have to come up with an L shaped holder and bit.