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Iam going to drive down to look at the small 7” Atlas shaper that’s been advertised on CL next weekend. I called the owner and learned he bought it to do a cosmetic rebuild and sell. Says he disassembled the machine and looked at everythng, but didn’t have to replace any parts. Also that he rebuilds old machine tools and resells them. Not a deal killer by any means. But to me, it means the seller doesn’t really know how the machine performs. So it looks very nice, cosmetically, but buyer beware.
My question is, are there some common inspection points I should look at with this style machine? Any key tell tale wear patterns to look for??
For example, I’ve learned to inspect the underside of the tailstock on a lathe, to feel for ridges or wear lines cut into the tailstock by the ways, as an indicator of overall wear...
But, have no experience with shapers, of any kind.
So just wondering if there are a couple of key inspection points to determine if the Machine is clapped out, or not??
Thanks much,
Glenn
My question is, are there some common inspection points I should look at with this style machine? Any key tell tale wear patterns to look for??
For example, I’ve learned to inspect the underside of the tailstock on a lathe, to feel for ridges or wear lines cut into the tailstock by the ways, as an indicator of overall wear...
But, have no experience with shapers, of any kind.
So just wondering if there are a couple of key inspection points to determine if the Machine is clapped out, or not??
Thanks much,
Glenn