New to me Ammco 6" Metal shaper

[Susquatch]

A homemade gear cutting attachment might be handy around the farm.......

Ya, that's an obvious application. Good thing I can do (and have done) most of that on my mill though.

 

[Susquatch]

they were in the tool chest, they didn't look like Aamco or Atlas when first spotted in the photos. I was just the delivery boy doing someone a favour bringing them east.

Please don't think I was criticizing you. Hell, I'm just grateful to you for pointing me there!

Its just disappointing to know the tailstock was there at the auction but it was in the wrong box. We have all been there, and it's not my first experience.

 

[140mower]

Ya, that's an obvious application. Good thing I can do (and have done) most of that on my mill though.

Considering that I already had a dividing head, two rotary tables and a handful of gear cutters, I don't know if it was my best use of time. It was more of a case of "I think I can, therefore I should try", plus, I had all the bits and bobs on hand and didn't have to spend a dime on materials.
School wasn't for me, but I have always enjoyed learning something new.

 

[trevj]

Here are some photos of the indexer.

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And the accessories info from Aamco.

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You can also see the low profile rotary table - item 1 above.

I'm feeling a bit like I just bought a lathe but the guy before me bought the chucks and tailstock.

Nah. You bought the tool, they bought the accessories! If the shaper comes with the vise, you are ahead of the game!

Make best use of the tool, and seek the accessories as you need them!

Seriously, I have way too many accessories, that I thought I needed, but have never used! Sacrilege as that seems, to say it....

Be aware of what is out there, but also, be aware of what you actually need to use to complete your project, and decide if you actually 'need' 'the full set'.

 

[Mcgyver]

Seriously, I have way too many accessories, that I thought I needed, but have never used! Sacrilege as that seems, to say it....

There is truth to that. The collector part of me wants everything in the catalogue, but the practical part knows most will never be used. Still, we want to avoid travesty .... a dusty box sitting there of every accessories but it's behind the furnace and we miss it

 

[Susquatch]

I think I can, therefore I should try"

I share this outlook. I'll add - "and it doesn't really matter if I need it" because trying is a blast!

School wasn't for me, but I have always enjoyed learning something new.

Frankly I hated school. But a few years of being a high school drop out and a 12 hr job repetitively doing exactly the same thing every 60 seconds for years on end, cured that problem even if it didn't change how much I hated school. Motivation was a much stronger emotion than hatred.

It's also why I don't like being taught how to do something (which might be related to my dislike of you-tube). I'd much rather figure it out or read a good book on it, or have a 1on1 with someone who actually knows what they are talking about.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Welcome to the shaper ownership club.

 

[Bandit]

The last few years of school were tough a lot of days, thank goodness there was what was called “the industrial arts classes”, auto shop, metal shop, industrial science, drafting, electronics, it made the mandatory “English class” somewhat able to be choked down. Never could figure out all them nouns, pronouns, verbs and so on, never did under line any of that stuff in letters I wrote, or the reports in some of my jobs. It also helped that the 11 English teacher was pretty hot looking, and not a bunch older, on warm sunny spring days when I was starring out the windows nearly going nuts, could notice her doing the same thing sometimes. She came from farm/ranch background too.
And yes welcome to the “shaper club” @Susquatch!
U-tube can be useful, just trying to find someone that doesn’t waste a whole day getting to the point can be worse then English class, if they even get to the point, ever, @#$&#%.