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Hi all,
I, much like a lot of you i'm guessing, have a problem with buying tools I don't really need. But I've been fascinated by shapers since I saw my first video of one doing it's thing. Any ways, one popped up on the 'ol marketplace that was only a few hours away and was super cheap. One thing lead to another and I ended up with this little Rhodes 7" shaper.
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It came with the stand, rotary vice and an internal post style tool holder. It worked ok when I got it, other than the leather belt it came with kept slipping and someone at some point had installed the little knuckle that the head locks down on in reverse so the stroke was biased WAY forward. I ended up remachining the pulleys for a standard serpentine belt which solved the slipping issue.
So being completely new to shapers in general, I have a few questions. The first, is not such a big deal, but minorly annoying. Any time I engage the power feed it just sits there moving the handle back and forth without ratcheting. I can hold the handle and force it to ratchet and it will eventually work. I think there's some backlash in the screw causing this, but I didn't know if there's some adjustment I'm missing.
The second is a bit more perplexing. I'm not sure if there is excessive play at the head's gibs or what, but anytime I make a cut the beginning of the cut is very wavy.
The cut looks great after the tool "settles" into the cut. Doesn't seem to matter if it's a heavy cut or light, I always get some degree of irregularity at the beginning of the stroke. Any suggestions on things I should be looking at?
I, much like a lot of you i'm guessing, have a problem with buying tools I don't really need. But I've been fascinated by shapers since I saw my first video of one doing it's thing. Any ways, one popped up on the 'ol marketplace that was only a few hours away and was super cheap. One thing lead to another and I ended up with this little Rhodes 7" shaper.
SN2249
It came with the stand, rotary vice and an internal post style tool holder. It worked ok when I got it, other than the leather belt it came with kept slipping and someone at some point had installed the little knuckle that the head locks down on in reverse so the stroke was biased WAY forward. I ended up remachining the pulleys for a standard serpentine belt which solved the slipping issue.
So being completely new to shapers in general, I have a few questions. The first, is not such a big deal, but minorly annoying. Any time I engage the power feed it just sits there moving the handle back and forth without ratcheting. I can hold the handle and force it to ratchet and it will eventually work. I think there's some backlash in the screw causing this, but I didn't know if there's some adjustment I'm missing.
The second is a bit more perplexing. I'm not sure if there is excessive play at the head's gibs or what, but anytime I make a cut the beginning of the cut is very wavy.
The cut looks great after the tool "settles" into the cut. Doesn't seem to matter if it's a heavy cut or light, I always get some degree of irregularity at the beginning of the stroke. Any suggestions on things I should be looking at?
