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I see many of you are enthusiast about shapers.
I don't have spare space/time/money for a "real" shaper, but I see sometimes they can be pretty useful.
I can't use my faithful drill press to make everything: a fly cutter on it would rather become a moth cutter, and milled dovetails would resemble vulturtails…
Since I don't machine steel or cast iron, but just some aluminum and plastic, I think this one could be fine for me: http://www.lathes.co.uk/adeptshaper/ but I guess it would be hard to find one for a low price. Anyway, the design of it is pretty straightforward, so I think I can build something similar, soon or later.
Of course, without a shaper, I can't machine the dovetails of the ram: it's a sort of Catch 22 situation.
Do you think to have the ram running on linear bearings like the SBRxxUU mounted over a steel plate would be reasonable, to machine mainly soft materials?
TIA!
Marco
I don't have spare space/time/money for a "real" shaper, but I see sometimes they can be pretty useful.
I can't use my faithful drill press to make everything: a fly cutter on it would rather become a moth cutter, and milled dovetails would resemble vulturtails…
Since I don't machine steel or cast iron, but just some aluminum and plastic, I think this one could be fine for me: http://www.lathes.co.uk/adeptshaper/ but I guess it would be hard to find one for a low price. Anyway, the design of it is pretty straightforward, so I think I can build something similar, soon or later.
Of course, without a shaper, I can't machine the dovetails of the ram: it's a sort of Catch 22 situation.
Do you think to have the ram running on linear bearings like the SBRxxUU mounted over a steel plate would be reasonable, to machine mainly soft materials?
TIA!
Marco