A friend of mine was asked if he knew anyone who wanted (for free) and old (electric and in good condition) metal working machine called a scraper, or shaper (not sure which). It is a 7" Ames. So he offered it to me. Apparently it surfaces a part by makes successive scrapes, and one thing it is used for is for making keyways on shafts.
I would love to find an old milling machine . . but I"m not sure what I could use this thing for. Don"t forsee many keyways down the line. Any suggestions of what it might be good for? Should I take it, or pass?
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What is a metal shaper good for?
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What is a metal shaper good for?
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I have a 7" Atlas. I only use it for internal keyways. I don't know any other way to cut a keyway in a tapered bore. The Bridgeport works better for shafts.
Free is good.
Free is good.
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Shaper. I'd pass. It's worth scrap value. That's why it's free.
A milling machine would be much more practical. I haven't seen one of those since the middle 60's. It was good for removing a lot of metal in a hurry from a flat surface. There are currently much better machines available to do the same thing with much more accuracy.
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A milling machine would be much more practical. I haven't seen one of those since the middle 60's. It was good for removing a lot of metal in a hurry from a flat surface. There are currently much better machines available to do the same thing with much more accuracy.
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Is there anything else I could use it for besides keyways, considering I don't have a milling machine.
Is there anything else I could use it for besides keyways, considering I don't have a milling machine.
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The shaper has a definite advantage in some cases. The tools can be hand ground much like lathe tools and work well, unlike milling cutters. Comes in handy if working on rusty metal.
A 7" doesn't take much shop space.
A 7" doesn't take much shop space.
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Paul_NJ wrote:George
Is there anything else I could use it for besides keyways, considering I don't have a milling machine.
There sure is! Before there were milling machines the shaper and the related planer were used to create flat surfaces. They're slower, of course, because they only use one cutting edge and they only work on 1/2 of the total stroke.
Larger shapers can be used to surface manifolds, heads and engine blocks... way beyond the capacity of a 7".
You might like it because of the inexpensive tooling.
They're an interesting toy if nothing else.
Maybe if you're lucky he'll give you something much more useful like a lathe.
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I have a Rockford shaper,--the 5,000 pound 5hp. size 24" (?), never paid much attention to it,--it be one big/heavy mommie!!!
I never did find a lathe, still looking, have a regular key-way cutting machine too, and horiz. mill, never got to use them before spine went out, so now they just sit taking up space! thanks; sonny
I never did find a lathe, still looking, have a regular key-way cutting machine too, and horiz. mill, never got to use them before spine went out, so now they just sit taking up space! thanks; sonny
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Well here is my new (free) machine, currently moved into my barn. Some day I'll find the time to get it working and figure out how to use it. Everything works (moves). Sometimes you just can't say no . . .
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I have been wanting to comment, but was hoping to see pics... YUP.. I remember those from my high school metal shop class... one of the first things we learned to use.. I remember plaining steel on that thang... some sharp very
I have been wanting to comment, but was hoping to see pics... YUP.. I remember those from my high school metal shop class... one of the first things we learned to use.. I remember plaining steel on that thang... some sharp very
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