Shaper vise

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We all know a shaper vise is different than a milling machine or drill press vises. But shapers are rare animals and from what I've seen ,their vises are extinct around here. I have a 1950s 6" shop built baby shaper that I'm completing. What kind of problems will I run into using a 4" POS Chinese Kurt style vise?
 
It should work fine. I used a Palmgren vice which is little more than a heavy drill press vice on my 7 inch Logan. If the cut got REAL heavy the work would slip and save breaking something.
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I've been using a 6 inch Taiwanese vice in the 16 inch shaper I have now. Would like to get a bigger one though.

Greg
 
I am in the same boat as you, found a 16" shaper that I have just got running but haven't made any chips with yet.
Adam Booth aka ABom79 just bought a Shars vise for his 14" shaper; I don't think he has posted how the vise worked under the load of the shaper.

Greg was posting as I was getting the link; I have a palmgren vise on the mill that I just moved to the shaper.

Mike
 
On my Chinese vise. I bought it on sale from BusyBee (Canadian Grizzly)a number of years back to use on the drill press. When I opened the box I realized it was too heavy and awkward, so it stayed in the box until that someday mill. The mill/drill came with a nice Japanese 5" conventional milling vise, so it stayed in the box until I got the shaper.

-the swivel plate was uneven and out of parallel, it was trued?? on a shaper
- the down wedging ball was very rough and so was the socket it fit into
- one of the jaws varies .007 in thickness ,which I haven't trued yet.
- and jaw heights were different
-the screw isn't an acme ,rather just a metric? thread

I think I paid $79.99 but that was a while back. The vise bed itself is parallel to the bottom, within a thou or so. Which I would call good.

I drilled the swivel plate to use as an adapter and slotted the vise for when I just use it . They just fit. But they eat height.

A shaper vise is low and wide, with the screw being anchored in the stationary jaw, unlike a milling machine vise. They also use the table as the swivel plate.
 
here is a pdf for building your own vise, if you like the challenge!
 

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That IS a shaper vise. Thanks! I'll see if I can contact him and get him to ship it.
 
Thanks, Steve! Snagged it! I've only seen one other Atlas shaper vise come up for sale that I can remember. It was on E-bay and was pretty beat up. This one looks to be in decent shape. It's got to beat the crappy little drill press vise I've been using on it.
 
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