Hats off to the clever engineers who originally designed and built such great machines. Thank you for sharing such an interesting video. 👏👏👍😀 Andrew
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Andrew. I agree with you, these machines were once king before milling machines took over being faster at equivalent machining operations. Tony
@keithschwartz7318
7 ай бұрын
I used a shaper when I was in high school. Fifteen years later, I returned to that school as the machine shop teacher. The shaper was still in very good running condition. This was the last functional shaper in the school district. Today, Pittsburgh (PA) has no more machine shops.
@eyuptony
7 ай бұрын
No more machine shops, such a shame, Keith. Did you manage to save the metal shaper, or do you know of its whereabouts? Cheers Tony
@Machine_NZ
Жыл бұрын
Hi Tony, yes this could have been machined on the mill and quicker but the Shaper is far more therapeutic and very satisfying to watch. Cheers Kevin
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Kevin, spot on. The objective was to set the ram travel within a confined space for practice purposes. Too easy using the the mill. Thanks for your comment. Tony
@TheKnacklersWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
Hello Tony, Always good to see the shaper in action... They are such an underrated machine in this modern world... Take care. Paul,,
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Your right there Paul thanks for watching. Tony
@howardosborne8647
Жыл бұрын
They sure are under rated for versatility. That is why I love having one in my workshop.
@oldschoolengineer58
Жыл бұрын
nice work Tony in a tight corner, the shaper saves the day!
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Roy for your time watching and your kind comment. Tony
@robinkearney2778
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting use of the shaper. Well Done !!! Thanks for sharing.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your time watching Robin. Tony
@kudosjeg
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful machine! Subscribed!
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jeremy, thanks for watching and for your support. Appreciated. Tony
@jonsworkshop
Жыл бұрын
Well done Tony, very satisfying to watch and a great result. Cheers, Jon
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for your kind words Jon, appreciate that you enjoyed watching me learning about this machine on the actual job. Tony
@graemebrumfitt6668
Жыл бұрын
See Jon there is a washer/spacer, watched yours before this one honest indjun GB :)
@kutzbill
6 ай бұрын
I loved using our old shaper. t was large, but nothing can hog out like a shaper.
@eyuptony
6 ай бұрын
Great to hear your story. Thanks for watching.....Tony
@machinenutdel6764
Жыл бұрын
Hi Tony, good to see you back making vids, keep em coming !
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Del, thanks for your support dropping by. Cheers Tony
@624Dudley
Жыл бұрын
Glad I found this video. Interesting! 👍
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support Dudley. Tony
@HaxbyShed
Жыл бұрын
Good demo of stroke mechanism there Tony. Tight work facing that boss in that bracket but a perfect job for a shaper. Cheers.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, appreciate your comment. Tony
@asakayosapro
Жыл бұрын
Tricky setup job.... Nicely done! If I ever have the time to spare and a place to put it, I think I’ll go ahead and make me one of those Gingery shapers...
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi There Zed -Sin you'll love it if you ever get the chance. Appreciated, Tony
@MattysWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
Gday Tony, perfect job, shapers still have there place in every workshop, doing this in the mill would need a long series endmill which aren’t cheap, great job mate, cheers
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Gday Matty, your right about the price of milling cutters these days. Appreciate your comment, input and time watching. Tony
@1bigapple2
7 ай бұрын
I think that a sturdy face mill bit would do the job.
@philhermetic
Жыл бұрын
nice one Tony, a ticklish job well executrd!
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Phil for watching, it was more interesting setting the stroke up than the usual stuff. Tony
@craigtate5930
Жыл бұрын
You weren't kidding about confined space...you and rustinox are magicians on these shapers ..lol
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Craig, that's overkill comparing me with Rustinox on running a shaper. I'm a joker really bluffing it, but Rustinox is even funnier at being a real joker. I can't win...lol Rustinox's procedures are proven well thought out facts. My method is bang a cutter in, fingers crossed and hope I get a good result this time lol. I'm looking forward to your magnificent shaper working and you being mesmerised watching it cutting it's first chips along with us here on YT. Thanks Craig. Tony
@edsmachine93
Жыл бұрын
Very nice work. You pulled off a difficult job. Take care, EM.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ed for your compliment. It was a bit of a challenge compared to the usual jobs I've done previously on the shaper. Tony
@pgs8597
Жыл бұрын
G'day Tony. Not much wiggle room but you overcame the problem, amazing machine all be it slow. Cheers Peter
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Isn't it great when your not working against the clock. Thanks for your comment Peter. Tony
@howardosborne8647
Жыл бұрын
My shaper is my favourite machine in the shop.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Howard, great machines. What make, and size is your shaper. Thanks for your comment. Tony
@howardosborne8647
Жыл бұрын
I have an Alba 1A 10inçh shaper which was a real labour of love to restore it back to the nice condition it is now in. I missed buying an Elliot 16 inch which I think is the same as your machine.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
@@howardosborne8647 Hi Howard, nice to hear that you've a passion for your old Alba 1A shaping machine. Shapers are great machines to watch when working. My shaper is an Elliott 14M which is a fourteen inch stroke but it's calibrated with metric dials. Tony
@RalfyCustoms
Жыл бұрын
Eyup Sithi Tony, cracking job there mate,thanks for sharing
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Ralfy, thanks very much for your compliment and time watching. Tony
@keithschwartz7318
7 ай бұрын
When they closed the shop, all the machines were sold at auction. I was warned that all the lead screws were to be in the machines. The night of the auction, the screws were missing from three of South Bend Precision lathes. Along with the collets, chucks , live centers and drill chucks. Looks like a supervisor did it as he was the one doing the bidding.
@eyuptony
7 ай бұрын
Cheers, Keith. Interesting outcome.....Tony
@Rustinox
Жыл бұрын
Proving once again that on the shaper you can make whatever you want. Just go for it.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your input Rustinox, it's also more enjoyable and relaxing to watch as well. It's a win win. Tony
@houseofbrokendobbsthings5537
Жыл бұрын
Apologies Tony - this did not pop on my feed. Sorry for being tardy to this world premiere. Great work and explanations. Good work thinking it through. All the best Dan
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Dan. Your comments just popped up on mine lol. Thanks for dropping in once again. Cheers Tony
@edsmachine93
Жыл бұрын
I subscribed to your channel Tony. Take care, Ed.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thank You very much for your support, Ed. Tony
@graemebrumfitt6668
Жыл бұрын
Eyup Tony thats a bugger of a machine! TFS, GB :)
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Graeme appreciated. Tony
@stovepipe666
Жыл бұрын
nice job on that
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Stovepipe, appreciated. Tony
@dalelathwell7219
Жыл бұрын
You know what they say about shapers you can make anything but money but I find it the most satisfying thing to watch and have made really good quality thing with my shaper at home work shop
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Dale. Life's not always about money. It'll make money, it just depends how much money you want. Thanks for watching. Tony y
@danceswithaardvarks3284
Жыл бұрын
Grand job Tony
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your time dropping in DwA and your subscription, appreciated. Tony
@GardenTractorBoy
Жыл бұрын
Great job with the shaper, we have an Alba shaper which we need to get working. In your video I could not help noticing the vice you have on the shaper, we have an identical vice. Do you know anything about these vice or where we can look for information? Were these designed as a shaper vice? It seems odd that the vice does not appear to have a gib strip
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Joseph. Alba and Elliott shapers used to be made by the same company, different badge. You'll have the correct original vice that came with your machine. Tony
@GardenTractorBoy
Жыл бұрын
@@eyuptony That is great information, thanks. I think our vice may be too large for the shaper model we have but we will have to check
@techworksinfo
Жыл бұрын
Good job bro
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, appreciate. Tony
@pweimer47
Жыл бұрын
Great video, can you effectively cut with a 1/4” stroke? Have a great day.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi FK Kayak'n, I presume so but I have never tried it. Thanks for watching. Tony
@TrPrecisionMachining
Жыл бұрын
good video tony
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Tr P M A, appreciate you watching. Tony
@RustyInventions-wz6ir
3 ай бұрын
Very nice work
@eyuptony
3 ай бұрын
Thank you Rusty. Take care......Tony
@EverettsWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
Shapers that have a crank adjustment for stroke length are the cat's meow. I like my little Alba but would trade up to a unit with that feature if one came available.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Everett. I thought all shapers had the ram adjustment, thanks for the info and your time watching. Tony
@EverettsWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
@@eyuptony Mine can adjust for stroke length, it just needs the side case opened, a nut loosened, and the sliding block manually moved. I think the ones like yours with the crank to adjust are the cat's meow!
@hilltopmachineworks2131
Жыл бұрын
A tight spot but you got it done.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, appreciate you watching. Tony
@peter-xn8xu
7 ай бұрын
Keith Rucker should have sent you the stoker engine casting instead of Adam Booth, lol.
@eyuptony
7 ай бұрын
Hi Peter, as you know, you can't compete with mates rates labour costs. Choosing Abom79 was no brainer. Keith Rucker might want some pidgeon sh*t welding doing in the future. That's where I come in. Thanks for the complimen, lol. Cheers Tony
@samrodian919
Жыл бұрын
Nice one Tony, bit of a bastard to set up and annoying to have to grind the body of the tool in order to do it. But you have to do what you have to do!
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi SAMRODIAN. It's just for fun, not a commercial job. It's been quite enjoyable trying this set up out on the shaper. Thanks for your support. Tony
@paulrayner4514
Жыл бұрын
you must have plenty of time on your hands. I would have chucked it in the mill. nice job though.
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Paul. Thanks for watching, I could have done that but I was after the challenge lol. Thanks for the compliment. Tony
@markwatters6875
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t it have been done on a mill?
@eyuptony
Жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, yes but this was more of a challenge to me just to have a go on the shaper. Thanks for your question. Tony
@markwatters6875
Жыл бұрын
@@eyuptony As it was 0200 here in Australia when I watched your video, I was just looking for easy. Thanks for the video. Have a good one 👍🇦🇺
@ShawnPitman
7 ай бұрын
Almost always a modern mill can do the work of a shaper. An example of a shaper-only (or at least shaper-preferred) job would be cutting internal splines or keyways.
@BolasDear
6 ай бұрын
so after all its common sense.
@eyuptony
6 ай бұрын
Hi. Yes, it's a learning curve, but you need to have a bit of gumption to work it out.....Tony
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