[modeleng] Re: Favorite tools

Yep!  The more they weigh, the stabler they operate.

Al Messer
--- alanjstepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Al,
> My shaper is a generic 8" Industrial one, and is the
> one that Dick Clements
> owned.
> I believe it dates from the 1950's and is built like
> the proverbial
> battleship.
> Weighs in at half-a-ton, so it is solid and quiet in
> operation.
> 
> alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway
> technical pages.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 3:04 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Favorite tools
> 
> 
> I will certainly agree with you about the hypnotic
> effect of the Shaper!  What kind do you have?  I
> have
> a 7" South Bend that is so quiet the only sound you
> hear is the chip coming off the workpiece.
> 
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