On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:17:08 GMT, Errol Groff
wrote:


As promised pictures of my $25.00 7" Ammco shaper have been posted.

http://neme-s.org/AMMCO_Shaper/Ammco_7_Shaper.htm

Errol Groff

When I started at Ellis Tech in 1987 we had three good sized shapers.
I don't recall the makes but the were in the 24" range. Prior to that
I actually ran shapers at a couple of different work places.
Horizontal shapers at then C.E.M., now Spirol International in
Danielson CT and before that vertical shapers when I was an apprentice
at P&W Machine Tool in West Hartford CT.

One of the jobs I remember on the vertical shapers was putting 1" wide
splines in BIG gears. When you feed too deep doing that the tool
snaps off and a 1" cube of tool steel goes rocketing across the shop
it is quite a thrill. At least for the guys in the area where it
landed!

Yes this is my only shaper. For the now anyway. I am, after all, a
person who owns about 30 Machinery's Handbooks so another shaper would
not be unthinkable

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

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