What's going on with this shaper?

Aaron B

Aluminum

Joined

Aug 22, 2007

Location

Northern Ohio

• Jan 20, 2022

• #1

Just happened to spot this in an ad for a bunch of machine tools. I'm not having any luck figuring out what they were doing with it. Surface grinding?

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JS

Stainless

Joined

May 5, 2005

Location

Republic of Arizonia

• Jan 21, 2022

• #2

Probably, Depending on the catalog or book you can find a Shaper with any number of attachments

 

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Mebfab

Diamond

Joined

Jun 7, 2003

Location

Mebane North Carolina USA

• Jan 21, 2022

• #3

I machine is a tool. It is made to make things to make the owner money. So sometimes strange things happen to them.

 

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spaeth

Hot Rolled

Joined

Jan 28, 2008

Location

emporium pa

• Jan 21, 2022

• #4

My 2 cents says maybe he had a grinding spindle mounted that ran off the motor on top. Must have worked right?
spaeth

 

ncjeeper

Cast Iron

Joined

Jan 20, 2015

Location

SW Virginia

• Jan 21, 2022

• #5

Interesting.

 

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strokersix

Hot Rolled

Joined

Jul 25, 2009

Location

NW Illlinois USA

• Jan 21, 2022

• #6

Looks like a sample part sitting on the fixture.

 

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DDoug

Diamond

Joined

Oct 18, 2005

Location

NW Pa

• Jan 21, 2022

• #7

Ice skate sharpener.....

 

Aaron B

Aluminum

Joined

Aug 22, 2007

Location

Northern Ohio

• Jan 21, 2022

• #8

If I actually had any spare time I'd go take a look just to satisfy my curiosity.

If I had more time, I'd make an offer on the whole shop, it's one of those deals. But if I did that someone would find my carcass in a shallow grave [emoji43]


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john.k

Diamond

Joined

Dec 21, 2012

Location

Brisbane Qld Australia

• Jan 21, 2022

• #9

Ive seen quite a few shapers with grinding heads mounted .....does it make a mess of the slides and feed mechanism?

 

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HappyWyo

Aluminum

Joined

Nov 30, 2019

• Jan 22, 2022

• #10

The mechanism on the table looks a lot like a lever operated clamp.

 

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Jim Christie

Titanium

Joined

Mar 14, 2007

Location

L'Orignal, Ontario Canada

• Jan 22, 2022

• #11

Those toggle clamps on the table are often used in woodworking applications to hold work pieces in jigs for shaping and other operations.
Five Uses for Toggle Clamps
Depending on the speed of the motor the driven spindle could have been used to run a grinding wheel ,milling cutter or some type of wood working cutter.
It looks to me like the jig on the table is incomplete and may have been a work in progress for cutting a wooden or plastic part or light duty grinding of a slot or slots in a sheet metal part .
Just a few ideas that occurred to me.
Jim

 

fciron

Stainless

Joined

Oct 14, 2009

Location

Louisville, KY, USA

• Jan 23, 2022

• #12

Saw blade sharpening?

 

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DDoug

Diamond

Joined

Oct 18, 2005

Location

NW Pa

• Jan 24, 2022

• #13

john.k said:

Ive seen quite a few shapers with grinding heads mounted .....does it make a mess of the slides and feed mechanism?

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Arrange the wheel to toss the sparks out the front.