Shaper Video, Rudy Kouhoupt

This video was a huge help.
I've picked up several shaping texts and I've found a handful of online videos of varying quality.
Rudys video is a great educational opportunity!!
Coincidentally, today's adventures include my first vertical shaping cuts. Really, I'm fabbing a trunnion which requires multiple angles.
Needless to say I'll be modifying my plan for both my horizontal and vertical cut.

I think I finally understand how angling the clapper box effects the cut and lifts off the work. It's so obvious once it's understood!!!

Question on internal shaping:
Rudy replaced the lantern with a shop made integral lantern/boring bar instead of a tool holder which holds a boring bar dangling below a lantern.
Rudy states that his set up more rigid and easier on the clapper.

Can anyone who implicitly understands geometry comment on what happens to the lift off of the tool and pressures on the box. I'm guessing that the longer leg of the triangle created by the length of the boring bar from the lantern would also extend the hypotenuse. This would directly increase the lift of the cutting tool on the backstroke.

Would this be advantageous on larger machines?
Would this be advantageous on deep grooves?
And by contrast if working in a small hole advantageous to shorten the distance between the lantern and cutting edge.
What am I missing?
Am I making this to difficult (again)?

Huge thanks,
Daryl
MN
 
Hi Daryl,
i can't claim to be an expert, but i may be able to interject a couple thoughts....
you described the boring/slotting tool arrangement, your analogy is correct- the longer the boring bar, the higher the tool lift on the return stroke.
if you look at Rudy K's boring bar, it's length was short.
the shorter the bar, the shorter the lift would be on the return stroke- the converse is also true
the clapper box only claps if it needs to, if there is little rearward pressure on the tool the tool will skate on the work
if the cuts are deeper, the tool may receive more resistance from the work as it is traveling rearward and subsequently the lift would be higher

as with any cut, rigidity will dictate depth of cut.

custom boring bars can be made to give the tool some clearance as well, to limit the tool lift for long internal cuts.
the cutter angle being more acute rather than perpendicular.
i think the most important part may be, the boring bar being of sufficient size to make the cut, but not interfere with the work.
 
That's helpful!
I hadn't yet thought about the length of the boring bar as I was focusing on the use of a boring bar held in an Armstrong type tool holder.
Such a holder hangs much lower than Rudys design.

Either way we have two legs of a triangle.
Stick out from the clapper (parallel to the top of the knee), and vertical to the column.
Seems that the longer each of these get the move the hypotenuse might potentially become with ease of deflection during the back stroke.
Rudys design seeks to eliminate if not significantly reduce one of the legs (vertical to column).

Sorry, but my Fire/EMS background is shouting "why"?
Is this optimal? Why is it optimal?
Please note that I am not intending to disrespect Rudy, or anyone else by asking why. Just very curious.

Daryl
MN
 
.Question on internal shaping:
Rudy replaced the lantern with a shop made integral lantern/boring bar instead of a tool holder which holds a boring bar dangling below a lantern.
Rudy states that his set up more rigid and easier on the clapper.DarylMN

I made a similar tool holder for my shaper for doing internal keyways. I did it to allow access of the tool into smaller bores, but I assume that Rudy's statement about it being more rigid and easier on the clapper relates to the reduction / elimination of the "lever arm" created as the tool is extended below the center line of the tool holder. The closer the cutting edge of the tool is to the center line of the holder the less leverage there is, thus less stress. I also noticed when using this new holder that there is somewhat of a tendency for the tool to lift on the cutting stroke. It seems that this lifting effect can be reduced via the shape of the cutting tool. Also, I learned a valuable tip from one of Kieth Fenner's videos when he was experiencing this effect while cutting an internal keyway on his shaper. He solved the problem by turning the work up side down and cutting the keyway at the top of the work. This method eliminates the possibility of tool lift on the cutting stroke.

Thanks for posting the video Mike. I've seen it before, but it was good to watch it again.

Ted
 
Thanks for loading the video - Rudy was a wonderful resource. Pretty amazing how organized you needed to be to make actual film clips in those days.

I missed a beautiful little Atlas shaper last year at an estate sale. Similar to what Mr. K shows in his film clips. Already spoken for when I arrived. $500. All the machine surfaces were polished and painted looked like it had just come off the show room floor. Why oh why didn't I get off my duff and drive over there earlier in the morning! Haven't seen one since, locally ...

Glenn
 
I would like to download a copy of the video to my hard-drive. How does one download from YouTube? Free is good
 
RealPlayer offers "free" software.
I'm sure they are now tracking all my posts at HM or some other scheme. But they've never charged me.
There are likely other options, perhaps better, this is what I've used.
I think this might be a link. Maybe. Read carefully.....
http://www.real.com/resources/download-video/

Daryl
MN
 
Thanks Daryl, at least I can trust RealPlayer not to be full of virus/malware.
Mr. Google has a number of free programs or aps as they call them but I'm leery of downloading a program just because it's on the Internet.

"it's on the Internet it must be OK" LOL

thanks again,

Mike
 
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