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Well, maybe not so "new" since it's most likely over 100 years old! 
I've been looking for a shaper for a while now and can either find small ones (few and far between) or huge monsters... nothing in between like I want. So, I decided to buy a 7" that popped up for a little less money than they usually sell for around here and see how I like it. If I do come across my "ideal" machine I can sell this one or, because it's so small, I can keep this one as well!
Anyways, it was converted to motor drive from line shaft. Whoever did it did a decent job, but only single speed so I may retrofit down the road and modify it for step pulleys. I thought about a 3 phase motor with VFD because it would be a lot easier, but it would also be a lot more expensive. It's serial number 709 which means it's OLD. But, for it's age, it's in decent shape. No signs of bad wear on the ways/slides and the machine is pretty clean. No original vise, just the import he was using. The oil wicks were missing from the ram housing and they had been using grease for lube instead of oil. Hey, any lube is better than no lube! I'll replace the felts and use way oil. The only bad wear item is the screw and nut for the head slide. It's in pretty bad shape and I'll repair that down the road. But, basically, the machine is pretty tight and in decent order.
The pictures are the ones the seller sent me. We had to partially disassemble it to get it out of his basement by taking it up the stairs in pieces on a hand truck. I've started tearing it down for a complete cleaning and assessing, trying to discover all the oil holes and cleaning grease out of places where I'll be using oil.
So now I have a new project for when I'm not cutting grass or doing other summer work!
Ted
I've been looking for a shaper for a while now and can either find small ones (few and far between) or huge monsters... nothing in between like I want. So, I decided to buy a 7" that popped up for a little less money than they usually sell for around here and see how I like it. If I do come across my "ideal" machine I can sell this one or, because it's so small, I can keep this one as well! Anyways, it was converted to motor drive from line shaft. Whoever did it did a decent job, but only single speed so I may retrofit down the road and modify it for step pulleys. I thought about a 3 phase motor with VFD because it would be a lot easier, but it would also be a lot more expensive. It's serial number 709 which means it's OLD. But, for it's age, it's in decent shape. No signs of bad wear on the ways/slides and the machine is pretty clean. No original vise, just the import he was using. The oil wicks were missing from the ram housing and they had been using grease for lube instead of oil. Hey, any lube is better than no lube! I'll replace the felts and use way oil. The only bad wear item is the screw and nut for the head slide. It's in pretty bad shape and I'll repair that down the road. But, basically, the machine is pretty tight and in decent order.
The pictures are the ones the seller sent me. We had to partially disassemble it to get it out of his basement by taking it up the stairs in pieces on a hand truck. I've started tearing it down for a complete cleaning and assessing, trying to discover all the oil holes and cleaning grease out of places where I'll be using oil.
So now I have a new project for when I'm not cutting grass or doing other summer work!
Ted
