I saved a 16" W.M. Barber shaper from the shreder.

[wrenchbender]

I've been looking for a shaper for a quite a while now and I've found a few around some were broke with pieces of the cast iron gone and others were priced well out of my budget. While i was consigning some pieces to the Aug. long auction I saw this one there. i was bidding against a scrapper on it and he actually won the sale. I was certain I could make a deal with him so I offered him 1.5 to 1 pound for pound cast scrap so he took it and i gave up 3 old engines. The only things I found wrong with it are the cross feed ratchet mechanism linkage is broken and the gear for it has 2 teeth chipped.

 

[Charley Davidson]

Good save what your plans for it?

 

[wrenchbender]

clean it up and learn how to use it. I will not be selling this one. it seems to be pretty much complete. I looked inside and saw what i feel is a 2 speed gear system that is rendered non usable right now by the pulley on the drive shaft. so when i get home for a few days again I will be mounting a motor and possibly a jack shaft on it. I need to find the consignor of it and check if he has any other pieces laying around for it but i will be making a lantern style tool post right quick.

 

[Hawkeye]

Nice score. Is that a lapping head mounted on the ram?

My 10" Lewis runs well on a 1/4 HP motor, so I'm thinking a 1 HP would do a great job on yours. (Double size means 4x the mass.)

 

[wrenchbender]

It is some sort of precision grinder attachment. and I was thinking exactly 1 HP. motor. this will build me some nice QCTP for my south bend lathe.

 

[Richard Metzger]

Re: I saved a 16" W.M. Barber shaper from the shaper

Hi,
I saved a Peerless 18 inches. They where made in Ghelph Ontario. Great machine .If you have some question how to run it, I will be happy to help.
Richard Metzger

 

[wrenchbender]

Re: I saved a 16" W.M. Barber shaper from the shaper

Hi,
I saved a Peerless 18 inches. They where made in Ghelph Ontario. Great machine .If you have some question how to run it, I will be happy to help.
Richard Metzger

thanks for the offer I will have a few questions, I'm sure.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

i have wanted a shaper for a long time!!!
Great find!!
Good Luck and keep us posted as to your progress, I can't wait to see that she's working again!!
Include lots of pictures!!

mike)

 

[Uglydog]

Nice score, and another save!

When visiting Ohio recently my wife and I spent two days at the Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show near Georgetown.
We had a great time.

In their Blacksmith Shop they had several people making nails and sundries in the forge.
They also had a large shaper and camelback DP all set up to run off a single flat belt line shaft drive (do I have my terms correct?).
Unfortunately, the man who remembered how to run the shaper died and they'd been unable to find somebody to demonstrate.

Save are great, but they do no good unless we know how to run them safely and effectively.
My learning curve is steep!

Daryl
MN

 

[Ted Clarke]

This shaper looks very much like the one I restored in the early 80's and wrote sbout in Home Shop Machinist in 1984. Mine was cracked through from the corner of the door to the vertical slide. I had to repair it with a heavy steel T bolted and expoxied to the door side. The bull gear was ruined, so I converted to hydraulic drive. All ways were restored by hand scraping. Ted