"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:53:02 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

We have a donated Cincinnati 12" mechanical shaper in the machine shop
portion of our blacksmith shop at the Nowthen Historical Power Association
grounds. It sat there for several years, but this weekend we got it going
and all the functions work. But the Tool holder is missing, so we can't
throw any chips on the floor.
If anybody has such a tool holder or knows where I might get one, please
let me know. I say it's a 12 inch model because that's the size of the
table.


I'm guessing that it looks like a large lantern type tool holder that
you'd find on a lathe. I can't find any model number on the machine. The
hole in the clapper box is about 1.383" diameter at the outboard end, and
seems to taper to about 1.372 at the inboard end. The clapper box is
1.235 thick.


Any leads would sure be appreciated.

Pete Stanaitis
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This is a very common shaper, Pete, and you should have no trouble
getting info -- and, probably, parts. Some are still in use, doing
things like squaring up mold bases, although the 24" model probably is
preferable for that job.

Here is a page of manuals that includes some for Cincinnati shapers:

http://www.airgraver.com/shaper/

Yes, the toolholder is a "lantern" type (in older professional
literature, it's usually called a "rocker" type).


Ran a shaper off and on for quite a few years, no clapper, simply mounted
the tool solid.

--which begs the question, why exactly is it that the clapper is so often
missing...