12 Inch Whipp Shaper Project

[makerkid]

Makerkid:

Glad someone from this forum picked up that shaper.

I think I opened the Craigslist add 4 or 5 times before deciding my wife would have a fit if I brought that thing home. Also, some big cast iron still sitting on my trailer - running out of room for new toys anyway.

Super cool old iron - would be interesting to see how deep a cut it can peel off a chunk of steel.

Very nice project - congrats.

TomKro

Thanks very much TomKro. I think its super cool too, I am very happy with it so far, even though I have not done much with it. My wife was not happy with my purchase. She is convinced I "have a problem" . I disagree !!
I will try to answer the question of how much steel it can peel off with a single stroke...eventually. The vise was repaired so I don't know how much stress I want to put on it.
I just received some tooling to use with it and some big HSS blanks to grind to shape, I will post some updates as I have something of interest.

Good luck with your projects!