[modeleng] Re: Shapers, now O/T

I'd have thought it was the other way around Al - use the gardening to
......... etc.

Personally, while I would like a little hand operated 'Adept' in my
collection, as a practical tool they wouldn't be all that better than other
methods. Even if the motorised shaper is 3 phase it should be pretty simple
to swap the motor for a single phase - that's what I did with the Douglas.


> 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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