Pefecto Shaper

[@billdavies6463]

Nice to see it running, Stewart. Nice to hear your voice having read your pieces on the MEW website. One comment (as I'm sure you know, since you mention the feed crank), the feed is operating on the cutting stroke, whereas it's intended to be on the reverse stroke. A point for those who are unfamilar with these nice machines. I wish I had room for one. But they do throw swarf around!

[@sbwhart]

Thanks for your interest in the video Bill, Its a nice machine, I don't really have room for it but when the chance came to buy it I couldn't resist and managed to squeeze it in, It doesn't get a lot of use but when it does I'm pleased with the result and the fact that I've got it, and yes it does throw the swarf about

[@gutsngorrrr]

I love my little Perfecto shaper, got it about a year ago in an estate sale like you.

[@MrFactotum]

hi stewart what the max depth of cut on mild steel at the slow stroke regards Kev

[@jakevella8748]

nice machine after waching this viedo i just bought one like it but hand cranked . i was thinking in converting it to elertice power like yours.can you pls let me know the outsiide diameter of the big gear and how many teeth .

[@alastairbarkley6572]

Thank you Stewart. I have the 7in motor version - still under wraps and not yet used. How are you getting on with that BTH/AEI motor - probably 0.25HP judging by size? Only, that's a split phase a.c. induction motor. In theory (in theory!), the characteristics are unsuitable for shaper duty - starting torque too low and likely to overheat the start winding if it has frequent on/off cycles (which you will with a shaper). All the Perfecto shapers I've seen, including my own, come with capacitor start a.c. motors. Reason I ask is that I have two perfectly good British made split phase motors which I don't know what to do with. If your's I doing satisfactory service, I'll swap one over.

[@sbwhart]

Hi Alastair:- The motor works fine I've used the shaper for a number of jobs and had no problems with the motor, not used it for quite a few months now as I've had no requirement for it, only problem I've had is with the ratchet feed that doesn't always engauge tried re-profiling the paul but still not got it quite right.

[@alastairbarkley6572]

@@sbwhart Thanks for the reply. Not seen your channel before. Pls keep making videos. BTW, I agree entirely about getting 'passed on' tools from other hobbyists who have, er, passed on. Certainly my experience too. Makes me realise I won't own mine forever, either..

[@silverbullet7434]

Wish Taiwan was building some of these . They would sell like hot cakes in winter time.

[@cffellows]

Nice acquisition, Stew.

[@marcio.roberto.torneiro4897]

Muito bom parabens !

[@benmillward7765]

Do these type of shapers have a quick return stroke?

[@alastairbarkley6572]

No. It's a simple direct drive. There's no Whitworth English yoke mechanism like you find on bigger shapers.

[@truthseeker2275]

I wonder why they no longer make machines like this?

[@alastairbarkley6572]

Nobody makes shapers anymore. Anywhere. Of any sort. You can do it all on a milling machine. The heyday of shapers (almost all American) was pre-WW2. The milling machine was invented in about 1870. I'm never sure why shapers were popular at all.

[@billdavies6463]

@@alastairbarkley6572 Almost all American. Well, that follows, as their's was (and is) a larger market. Most I saw in industry, including larger industrial sized ones, were British. Less efficient (only one cutting edge/tooth, not cutting on the back stroke), there was the odd job that shapers did better. I worked in machine tool manufacture, and a shaper existed in each part of the factory along with multiple mills and lathes. And shapers are still made.