Hand Shaper - This Is Really Cool.......

[YYCHM]

 

[Darren]

I can't even imagine...

you'd definitely get real good at sharpening your HSS based on effort required..

 

[whydontu]

we applaud excellence, no matter it’s form

that being said, and I’m a Luddite who uses hand tools often rather than power tools, that particular exercise is insane.

 

[YYCHM]

we applaud excellence, no matter it’s form

that being said, and I’m a Luddite who uses hand tools often rather than power tools, that particular exercise is insane.

Could you hand tool a dovetail that fits a QCTP?

 

[Darren]

Dovetails are easy to overshoot ...a few thou makes a big difference. Maybe this guy is onto something...

 

[whydontu]

Could you hand tool a dovetail that fits a QCTP?

Gosh, I’d love to, but my current unfinished project schedule has me booked until 2027-ish.

In preparation for my snotty answer, I looked up photos of Maudslay’s 1801 screwcutting lathe. It has dovetails on the compound, probably done with chisels, files, and scraping.

 

[Mcgyver]

Even today, if you really want to fit a dovetail and gib properly, its hand tool work.

Nevertheless, doing the bulk of the machining by hand? Not for me.

 

[6.5 Fan]

On the other end of the shaper scale, Cutting Edge Engineering just posted a video of his Klopp 1000H shaper. Some big ships falling from that machine.
Some time ago i printed plans for a hand powered shaper, no ides where i got the plans from or what i did with them.