AaronTheMechE
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- May 21, 2020
I'm in the market for a shaper. I'm new to shapers and am open to many brands. Can't be too big due to limited floor space. Reply or PM if you have one you want to sell.
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I'm in the market for a shaper. I've been looking at the Atlas 7b and I think that's what I would prefer, but I'm open to others. Reply or PM if you have one you want to sell.
Thank you very much.
Before I remove this thread and create an appropriate one, is the Ammco 7" shaper allowed here? It's not a brand called out, but it's a machine I'm interested in.
No big deal. You did say "similar" to.
Best bet might be a Sheldon / Sheldon-Vernon 12". I have one out of a school shop in Dayton, Ohio. They didn't get a great deal of use or abuse in that role, so they are "out there" not desperate for a rebuild.
The base/frame cabinet with enclosed Reeves Vari-Drive keeps it "relatively" compact for a max 13" working "cube" and "relatively" light @ 1805 Avoir or near-as-dammit. ISTR Sterling Machinery - and other - have downloadable .pdf manual online?
It came home over the Alleghenies in a GMC S15 short bed .. running with its 4-banger tongue hanging out like an old dog, but still. Pickup bed load, properly secured. Unless yah have a brothel-cab eatin' all the payload arredy.
Even if.. the "smaller one" has all the stroke you THINK you need? It is VERY handy to have more flexibility to "get at" and clamp / grip a feature on a large or simply awkward workpiece.. or mount a stout angle plate or a dividing or indexing head. 7" is more limiting that just the stroke. And then stuff flexes..
"Some days..." I wish the little bugger were a planer with 6 to 8 foot of travel, for example! Sadly, no space.
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The Ammco is a reasonably well regarded machine for small and light.
Nothing at all magical about it, but they work well-enough that several PM members have them.
I like the mildly stouter Sheldon - it is surely NOT a "heavy"- even for small work because I tend to work Iron, steel, or the Bronzes, not shiney-wood!
Hmmm, I'm now strongly considering a Sheldon. What do you think about the Logan shaper?
I try not to.
The brand you mentioned is forbidden by the site owner. You have a limited time during which you can delete your post. It would be perfectly acceptable to post a wanted to buy ad for a Sheldon or South Bend shaper, either of which would be of high quality, but still fairly small.
Larry
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Thank you for all the replies to this post. It's been a big help.
It was brought to my attention that the brand mentioned is not allowed, so I'll be removing this thread and creating another one.
Thanks for bearing with me while I learn the forum.
Might try editing the title and first post first?
- IF.. you need "small", the UK made some really nice shapers. Some found their way across the pond.
An antique US-made Rhodes - convertible between H & V - is another handy small-footprint package.
Lot of money for a shaper? Missed one at under $400 before I bought my one for under $800.
Mind bigger is often CHEAPER.
They take up a lot of space. The big ones are sore HEAVY to move.
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