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Home Made Metal shaper built by Walter Majusick
Years ago when first starting to learning machine work and was taking a machine shop course I developed a fondness for the shaper, though there was always a large lineup at the newest and shiniest machines the shop metal shaper could be had for use at any time, I found it to be a fascinating and very useful machine tool, I've always wanted to make a miniature one but for one reason or the other I have never gotten to it, and though I've never worked on one since, 30 plus years later I still have a fondness for the shaper and every now and then I do some searching for picture and info.
This is something I stumbled on several years ago, the shaper in the picture was made by a man named Walter Majusick (this is a small bit of the text from the site) "He hack-sawed all CRS material by hand. He drilled the holes with a hand drill. He didn't even have a drill press until he made one"
I think what this man did was just amazing, and it's a wonderful example of what can be achieved with little tooling and a lot of imagination and with what I can only assume was a lot of hard work, go to the site to see more pictures and the full writeup, have a look it's time well spent.
Home Made Metal shaper built by Walter Majusick
If anyone else has pictures or info on vintage builds like this, or imaginative ways of overcoming the lack of ( so called ) proper equipment, I'd really appreciate it if you'd post what you have ( photos and any story that might go with it ) I think it would be good to show this stuff off, just to demonstration to some of younger and fledgling home machinists that it's not always necessary to have the newest and the best machines or even the ( so called ) proper ones to accomplish a machining operation, as just one example there's been a good many very fine IC Engines that have be built completely ( milling and drilling operations included ) on lathes, the most useful thing you'll ever have in your shop is your imagination.
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Antique Home Made Metal Shaper.
This is a another fine example of old time craftsmanship and ingenuity though it seems to be unknown what resources the builder would have had at there disposal.
Antique Home Made Metal Shaper Part 1
Antique Home Made Metal Shaper Part 2
Antique Home Made Metal Shaper Part 3
Years ago when first starting to learning machine work and was taking a machine shop course I developed a fondness for the shaper, though there was always a large lineup at the newest and shiniest machines the shop metal shaper could be had for use at any time, I found it to be a fascinating and very useful machine tool, I've always wanted to make a miniature one but for one reason or the other I have never gotten to it, and though I've never worked on one since, 30 plus years later I still have a fondness for the shaper and every now and then I do some searching for picture and info.
This is something I stumbled on several years ago, the shaper in the picture was made by a man named Walter Majusick (this is a small bit of the text from the site) "He hack-sawed all CRS material by hand. He drilled the holes with a hand drill. He didn't even have a drill press until he made one"
I think what this man did was just amazing, and it's a wonderful example of what can be achieved with little tooling and a lot of imagination and with what I can only assume was a lot of hard work, go to the site to see more pictures and the full writeup, have a look it's time well spent.
Home Made Metal shaper built by Walter Majusick
If anyone else has pictures or info on vintage builds like this, or imaginative ways of overcoming the lack of ( so called ) proper equipment, I'd really appreciate it if you'd post what you have ( photos and any story that might go with it ) I think it would be good to show this stuff off, just to demonstration to some of younger and fledgling home machinists that it's not always necessary to have the newest and the best machines or even the ( so called ) proper ones to accomplish a machining operation, as just one example there's been a good many very fine IC Engines that have be built completely ( milling and drilling operations included ) on lathes, the most useful thing you'll ever have in your shop is your imagination.
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Antique Home Made Metal Shaper.
This is a another fine example of old time craftsmanship and ingenuity though it seems to be unknown what resources the builder would have had at there disposal.
Antique Home Made Metal Shaper Part 1
Antique Home Made Metal Shaper Part 2
Antique Home Made Metal Shaper Part 3