Thread: Show us your Shaper

Originally Posted by RayG

Hi Joe,

Those confusing swedes are at it again, Mine has the metric scale as well, and the manual has most dimensions in both metric and imperial, but the page with stroke length for the various models is just imperial. (no metric)

Varmano Models.jpg

Just playing around with inserting attachments "in-line" to see if it works..

Regards
Ray

That's was weird... it flashed up the image for an instant then went back to just a link?

I'm just hand coding the [img] [/img] round the image links for now

Originally Posted by RayG

Mine came without handles, do you think the handles with that one are original?

I'm pretty sure this one has all original handles. I found one broken one, that was probably on the vice. Yet there was one on the vice so maybe they had duplicates. All the rest are there.

Its going to be here for a while yet. I thought I was busy, but this afternoon my world just took a U - turn. I was at an Auction last Thursday, one of my first ever customers, went under. I picked up bugger all at the auction. Today I had a call that will keep me off the streets for the next month. I'll get Q's machine done before them, but those handles are here, if you can swing a trip this way, or can negotiate a deal with Quentin to borrow them for a few days.

Regards Phil

Thanks Phil,

I'll swing past and catch up, might be later in the week. I'll PM or phone when I have a workable plan.

Regards
Ray

Hi Ray,

I am happy for you to borrow handles so as to get dimensions etc for making your own.

It would be best if you dealt with Phil directly as to the specifics of this arrangement so as to prevent triangular conversations - they get so confusing.

I hope it helps you with restoring your machine to full spec.

By the way, thanks for posting the Varnamo manual. I will have to work at interpreting it a bit - but that is part of the fun.

Regards

Quentin

Originally Posted by Bryan

Actually I was kind of hoping someone else would carry on the good work. Well maybe I could just bring it up to date and then pass the baton. Ok, if you're not on that list and wish to be, send me an email only (click on my name). Don't send PMs and don't clutter the thread please. Likewise if you are on it and don't want to be, let me know.

I am moving this here from https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/br...86/index9.html because I think it's a better fit. If you have posted in this thread I have you, so don't bother emailing me. I'm up to 48 machines so far. When I started the list in march 2011 we had 20. Will post what I have soon.

Ok here's what I got so far. 43 members of 'Reciprocators Anonymous'. 57 machines.
Please check that I've got your bit right.

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WWF Metalwork Forum Reciprocal Machine stats
Last updated 19 dec 2012

Alphabetical by username. * denotes offshore members.


aametalmaster*    South Bend 7"
anglesmith(Graeme)Alba 18", Klopp 22"
Anorak Bob        Douglas 11"
Bryan             TOS HM45 (18")
bwal74 (Ben)      Douglas 10"
Camelgeselle      Elliot 18M
Col2310           Homebuilt? travelling head
Cueball           Varnamo EV3 18"
C-47 (Alan)       Invicta 2M 14"
DaveJ             Alba 24" + Douglas 10.5" x 2
Garry Edwards     Douglas
Gerbilsquasher    Alba 2S
gallegos          Douglas 10.5"
Harty69           unknown shaper
jhovel            Douglas 280mm (1977) modified-underslung drive
jones             Douglas 10.5"
lamestllama       Douglas x 2
Log               Planer, Douglas 10"
markgray          Hulse planer 9ft, Pratt & Whitney slotter, 12" & 24" shapers 
mathew_g          Douglas 10.5"
Michael G         Elliott 10M
Morrisman (Mike)  ATLAS 7B (Acorn in the UK) 
nadroj (Jordan)   Hercus 270 (Douglas)
Neebs*            Elliott 10M, Elliott 14M, Gate/Elliott 14M, 8" Boxford
Old-Biker-UK*     Rapide-Lime? travelling head hand shaper
Old Fraggle       Klopp 
PDW               Prema 20"
pipeclay          ? Douglas ?
RC                Invicta Elliot 14M (14"?), Denbeigh? Slotter
rascal            TOS HM45
RayG              Varnamo 18"
rodm              Adept hand shaper, Douglas
shedhappens       Austolite 24"
Ropetangler       Sacia L450-E
Steamwhisperer    douglas 10", No-name 18", travelling head?
Stustoys          Invicta 4M (18")
Toggy (Ken)       Alba 1A (10"), Macson 18" 1952
ToolCat*          Cincinnati 24" standard
Ueee (Ewan)       24" Queen City circ WW1
WCD               Drummond 7" hand shaper, Douglas 10.5"
welder (Andre)    Atlas 7B
Woodlee (Kev)     Alba 4S ,18"
YarrD (David)     Douglas 11"

=================

Brands by number

Douglas        16
Elliot/Invicta  7
Alba            5
unknown         6
Adept           2
Atlas           2
Klopp           2
TOS             2
Varnamo         2
Austolite       1
Cincinnati      1
Drummond        1
Hercus          1
Homebuilt?      1
Hulse           1
Macson          1
Pratt, Whitney  1
Prema           1
Queen city      1
Rapide-Lime     1
Sacia           1
South Bend      1
-----------------
Total          57

Update mine to 2 Douglas shapers, leave the Alba under mine as I may get it back but my hopes are not high.

Dave

Great work Bryan. Hopefully I will be able to get a pic of the travelling head tomorrow.

Phil

Bryan,

Please add a Drummond 7" hand shaper to my Douglas 10.5".

Thanks,
Bill

Ok those updates are done. Maybe to reduce clutter, further update requests could be made by email (not PM)? Thanks.

Great work, Bryan!
To make this a kind of reference for comparative purposes for future shaper buyers, perhaps you could add a field with a link to one or more photos of the identified shaper?
Some if not most of us have photos of our machines here laready, it would just be a matter of eash of us sending you the direct links to those photos.
What do you think?

Joe, I'm happy to have got the basic job done, but don't want to be fussing with it forever. Less screen time is working better for me these days. Would you be interested in taking it to the next level?

PS: My edit permission has expired on that post. I would be keen to avoid having the list reposted every time it's updated. I wonder if it's possible for one or more members to have permanent edit permission for a certain post only?

See Fred (Big Shed) Bryan as he is a mod and is here most of the time and maybe able to edit it for you each time.

Dave

Shaping a punch for my bending press. Did it like it would have been done 50 years ago before milling machines...Bob
Shaping a punch for my bending press video by aametalmaster | Photobucket