On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:45:06 -0600, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:26:56 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:52:27 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 18:07:14 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:05:44 -0600, Ignoramus16121
wrote:
My understanding is that shapers are sold strictly for their
nostalgic value, and are commercially useless.

NOt in the least commercially useless. I have several clients that
actually use shapers every day in their shops.

At the least..they use them to cut internal keyways

A shaper is a very very handy tool if you have that subset of work
that needs the..gears.pulleys etc etc

Got any 6" treadle shapers, mon?

Nope. I do know where there is a very nice (albeit a little rusty)
Cincinnati 36" collecting dust and for very little money.

Har!


Now you CAN build your own...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/How-To-Make-...-/171536307588

Hmm, are the Gingery books on that drive you gave me?


And if they are would you please send me a copy of the shaper one? My set
went to Australia a few years back with another member of the castinghobby
email list . I wonder how many times they've circled the continent , they
were supposed to be shared with all the hobby casters there .
And I need a shaper often enough to build one . Shaving keyways manually
on the lathe or mill ain't much fun .

Put out the word you are looking for a shaper...7-12" and they will
start turning up at surprising rates. Seriously.

I run into them fairly regularly. Usually stuck in a corner somewhere
covered with dust and trash. Talking to the owners and ask em why they
havent sold it..they look surprised and say..."you mean people
actually want one of these????"

Buddy just bought a G&L 16" universal that Ive got to go clean up and
get running. He actually has a big big machine shop and needed one.
20k sqf with (1) CNC lathe in it..which he has never learned how to
use.

Hand shaper are "ok" if things turn to ****..but they are a total pain
in the ass compared to a powered one and most powered ones can be
modified for other sources of power.

Gunner

"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child,
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats."
PJ O'Rourke