12teethperinch
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2009
- Location
- Edmonton Alberta Canada
Kind of a long title buy at least it’s not vague. I have a nice little south bend shaper that has suffered a lot of damage to the gib side dovetail of the ram. The shaper was missing the felt ram wipers so that may be where a chip entered. The good thing is the damage appears to be contained to the ram dovetail and the gib plate and the female part of the dovetail in the body of the shaper seems fine. My question is if I were going to try to have this repaired what would be the best way . The scoring appears to be no deeper than .020” would having it surface ground be the the way to go Would the cost be reasonable? Would a well machined surface give acceptable results. I don’t have the equipment or expertise to attempt this so it would be being done by “experts” if I can find them. I would just like a little prier knowledge on the subject before I go out and find someone to do the work. Thanks to any who reply for your Expertise. By the way it’s a small shaper and the ram is only around 24 inch long (that’s a guess since I am at work and didn’t measure). Will attach photos in the edit.
Darrell
Darrell
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