Very small shaper

partsproduction · May 10, 2018

A local guy stopped by and wanted me to look at a shaper he had, on my way out the door with my camera and wife's admontion "Don't buy anything!" in my ears I went to his house. Here are some photo's;

Just a side view, the stroke is 5 1/8" and is adjustable while running!

The little crank handle adjusts the stroke.

One end of the slider screw has a bevel gear , which transmits to another shaft which, through other bevel gears goes through axis shaft to crank handle.

Close up of the ratchet feed

partsproduction · May 10, 2018

Little 2" wide vise.

Another view of the vise.

View bottom of semi universal table.

Bottom of elevating screw, shaft of which comes out at RH lower side of body.

partsproduction · May 10, 2018

With a dollar bill for size.

Current caretakers hand on crank.

A view of the ram's clamp.

The shaper is not for sale, for which my wife is grateful. It obviously is setup for either V-belt power or hand power. There is a sticker on the door and the caretaker believes it is from the hardware store where the original builder later started in Portland Oregon before it became marxist.

partsproduction · May 10, 2018

Having never seen one of this exact type I have to think it was an engineering school project from the 1920-40's. There is no box support, but it has the adjustable slide available while under power. The fit and finish are very good, with tool marks from a shaper or planer on the flat surfaces. We are trying to find out more about the builder, and I'll add the name of that hardware store soon.
I saw a similar small shaper with the name "Barberton" and "North end machine shop" cast onto the door, and it looks more like a production shaper. It also has a 5 or 6" stroke. That shaper is in the collection of a former forum member along with about 50 old belt drive lathes.

partsproduction · May 11, 2018

The current caretaker emailed me the name on the sticker on the door, it's "Martin Tool Specialies Portland ,Or."

Several of us here would love to hear back from any of you if by chance you know anything about the man or the company, which is long gone I'm told.

DeSelle · May 11, 2018

partsproduction said:
The current caretaker emailed me the name on the sticker on the door, it's "Martin Tool Specialies Portland ,Or."

Several of us here would love to hear back from any of you if by chance you know anything about the man or the company, which is long gone I'm told.

Sounds like these guys

Martin Model & Pattern - your online source for fine quality patterns and castings

They aren’t totally gone just smaller than they were

I don’t see a shaper in their product list but wouldn’t be surprised if they used to have one

partsproduction · May 11, 2018

Sounds like these guys

Perhaps related, Gary Martin is younger than I by far. I have a casting kit of his, coincidentally the small hand shaper. I'll email him about this, as he may know. Thanks!

Scottl · May 11, 2018

Cute little critter. If one surfaced around here I think I could find space for it.

justin.mercier · May 11, 2018

Yeah, i sold my 7" rhodes shaper because it took too much space and i no longer used it, but one THAT small i'd probably just toss on a shelf somewhere and take down for the rare times when it'd be nice to use =D

mmarquette · May 11, 2018

If it were for sale you could tell her you got a bookend so you didn't have to admit to buying another machine. She must have you figured out if she has to say that. Just yesterday I told someone I was not going to not be in town for the weekend and got" What kinda machine you bringin home now" No machine but you never know what you might see.

DanLinsch · May 11, 2018

partsproduction said:
Perhaps related, Gary Martin is younger than I by far. I have a casting kit of his, coincidentally the small hand shaper. I'll email him about this, as he may know. Thanks!

If he was related to this guy, now may not be a good time to expect him to reply: Obituary for Wilbert (Jim) James Martin

However, this did not list a son.

Cute little shaper.

Dan

Joe Michaels · May 11, 2018

The vee groove pulley on the shaper is a clue as to age. That style and small size of vee groove would have been used with the round leather "sewing machine" type of belting. The little shaper is quite amazing for its detailed design, and learning who made it would be interesting. It is well built enough to do some real work, yet too small to really have a place in a working machine shop. It might have found a place in a shop working on smaller jobs like instrument parts or small prototype work, or may have been intended for home/model engineering work. It is a notch or two above most light machine tools made for the "home" or "hobby" markets years ago, so has me thinking it was made with the instrument and prototype shops in mind.

hitandmiss · May 11, 2018

Gary Martin was at the NAMES show in MI last month.
This is the only contact for him I have available: Martin Model & Pattern - your online source for fine quality patterns and castings

If there is interest, he may make a copy and sell castings.

I have made a 1/2 scale model of the Hendey bench planer.
It is all bar stock no castings.
Gary bugged me to make patterns, but I didn't want to support the project for years.
Drawings available here: 1:2 Scale Model Hendey Bench Planer Plans

Bill

partsproduction · May 11, 2018

The first shaper on this site looks very much like the one I saw, and it says that the obviously aluminum shaper is patterned after Strellinger casting kits from 1895. If so the original would have been cast iron, hence it could have been the basis of this machine.
PM Research Steam Engine Accessories Page 2

partsproduction · May 11, 2018

page 238, but it's not identical, and not offered as a casting kit, this shaper was made from a casting kit or scratch built from drawings through foundry etc.

A Book of Tools: Being a Catalogue of Tools, Supplies, Machinery, and ... - Chas. A. Strelinger & Company - Google Books

I'm looking for a Strellinger casting kits catalog.

Andy FitzGibbon · May 14, 2018

The PM Research kit is patterned after the full-size machine shown in the Strelinger catalog, not after a casting kit. Strelinger did not offer casting kits, to my knowledge.

Andy

partsproduction · May 14, 2018

A Book of Tools: Being a Catalogue of Tools, Supplies, Machinery, and ... - Strelinger, Chas. A., & co., Detroit, Mich - Google Books

Strelinger did provide some casting kits, see page 328 and many following. I don't see that they provided machine tool castings but, as often proves out later, I could be wrong. Google books has I think 11 Strelinger catalogs from the 1890's so it is very hard to know for sure.

I built a horizontal 1/4 HP PM research engine, which is some level of a copy of one of the casting kits on that page, I don't know how close a copy it is. They also provided partially completed kits for the more difficult parts, the crank for instance available finished with the castings, etc.

But when I said that the small shaper was built from a casting kit I didn't mean Strelinger's, and it may have been cast from scratch in a school foundry. I find that even more amazing, because the castings are of very good quality.

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