[modeleng] Re: Shapers, now O/T

Well, he COULD use the Shaper to build his muscles for
Susan's gardening projects.

Al Messer

--- alan Stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Tony, if you do get the hand one, it is not far from
> me and I could at least 
> collect it for you.
> How it gets to your end of the country is another
> matter.
> Perhaps Harrogate next year, assuming you are not in
> a hurry!!
> Much faster, the GPO or whatever it is these days,
> charge under £12 if it 
> weighs under 40 lbs.
> 
> As for operting them by hand, it is tedious rather
> than hard work.
> There are articles in Model Engineers about
> motorising them, and that is 
> another option.
> 
> Alan Stepney
> 
> http://www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering & steam engine information pages
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:23 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shapers
> 
> 
> They look both good Alan! I suspect that the powered
> one is three phase
> though - I can guarantee it if I go after it, due to
> me not having a
> converter! The hand powered one might therefore be a
> beter proposition for
> such as me. The only problem then would be factoring
> in the cost of the 500+
> mile round journey to collect it! Whilst this sort
> of distance is only an
> afternoon's jaunt for such as Tel, it is all extra
> cost. What we could do
> with is some sort of staging post scheme, whereby
> stuff such as this can be
> transported all over the country from list member to
> list member .... <VBG>.
> 
> Incidentally, for we poor folks with bad backs, how
> hard is it to operate
> one of these manual shapers? I once saw a Fred
> Dibner programme on TV, where
> he was drilling out a new boiler plate for one of
> his steam engines - with a
> hand powered ratchet pillar drill. He called it
> "blooming hard work", or at
> least words to that effect!
> 
> Tony Wells.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alan Stepney"
> <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:15 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Shapers
> 
> 
> > One of the most useful machines is a shaper.
> > Ask anyone who has one, and they will tell you so.
> >
> > There are a couple on Ebay right now.
> > One power and a delightful and small, manual one.
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/elliott-shaper-shaping-machine_W0QQitemZ7539967335QQca
> tegoryZ26197QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/shaping-machine-model-engineer-live-steam_W0QQitemZ754
>
0430936QQcategoryZ92083QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> >
> > Alan Stepney
> >
> > http://www.alanstepney.info
> > Model Engineering & steam engine information pages
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