Gemco 20" Standard Duty Shaper

Good afternoon, all,

I have had the shaper bug for quite some time and it looks like I finally hit pay dirt a few states away from home. It's a 20" Standard Duty Gemco shaper. It's been sitting for quite a number of years so there is surface rust but it looks to be in pretty good shape. The very nice and extremely patient seller kept holding off pressure from his boss to scrap it so I am happy to save it.

It looks like it has a separate rapid traverse motor so I'm thinking it's an older model. I guess my big challenge an the reason for my post is it is wired for 3 phase 480 volts and I only have 3 phase 240 at home.

Looking for some advice on how to deal with it. If it's a dual voltage motor which I believe it is, I guess rewiring is the way to go but how would the rapid traverse motor be affected? Does that need to be rewired too or are there step down transformers that enable it to work on 3 phase 240? Would I need to replace the start contactor?

Also, reading some of the documentation I found online regarding Gemco Shapers, they refer to a "special pin" needed to override the Lubriguard to make certain adjustments. Does anyone know what this special pin looks like and it's dimensions?

As always, I am most grateful to those so willing to share their knowledge and experience to help people like yours truly...

Thank you.

Joe

See your thread in General - which will no doubt get moved to this Antique section

johnoder said:

See your thread in General - which will no doubt get moved to this Antique section

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Thank you, John, I figured that.

jbacc said:

Thank you, John, I figured that.

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A "sticky" in General - Machinery Discussion Guidelines - specifies where shapers can be discussed

johnoder said:

A "sticky" in General - Machinery Discussion Guidelines - specifies where shapers can be discussed

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My apologies to all...

On my 36" Gemco - the Lubrigard was way down near the floor right end, oper side. I think I recall it being a oil pressure activated mechanical inter lock

In other words with the oil pump making pressure, the system would have moved (unocked) the interlock against spring pressure and so enabled you got to engage the clutch and make chips

WHILE it was thus disabled I suppose there was a pin (or other piece of iron) you could drop into the linkage to KEEP the lock disabled

Might be worth looking around that area - inside and out - with a good light and see if anything presents itself - that would serve as a place to "pin" it