Looking for lathe and found a shaper!!

[David]

Thought I would share the photos of my new/old south-bend 7" shaper. I was going to look at a couple of lathes yesterday that a man was selling. I want to add a larger lathe but these were too big for what I wanted. Setting to the side and covered with stuff was the shaper. He said he would sell and we agreed to a very reasonable price. So I brought it home!!

I cleaned most all of the dirt, oil, grease off of the machine today. It looks to complete and cycles great. Missing a couple of knobs and needs fresh paint. Very little wear was found. A restoration will be in the near future.

I was very lucky to find this one!!

David

 

[ScrapMetal]

Wow! Nice find there. Looks to be in fine condition. Congrats.

-Ron

 

[Hawkeye]

Nice catch, David. I think anyone who can find a shaper in near-working condition or better should grab it. But then, I'm kind of partial. In a production environment, CNC and heavy machines may be the way to go these days, but we're in this as a hobby. These machines are just plain fun. And they will do some jobs better than a mill.

 

[bvd1940]

Wish I could found one that easy, but i did finally round up a 8" Logan. I think you will very happy with that shaper.:biggrin:
Good catch.

 

[joesmith]

Great find. The SB is a good small shaper. You should have no problem making a nice profit if it turns out you don't sse it. Looks like it is in great condition.

Joe

 

[Tony Wells]

Good find, David. Joe has one over there, but he says his grandson wants it. He's like 12, so I'm not so sure what will really happen.

 

[Old Iron]

Nice score on the shaper, Now you can start making tooling for it.

Paul

 

[GK1918]

Another lucky nice score, there all out west. Been up since 1 AM tracking the one on ebay and I lost by 5 sec cause
my computor is one step above two tin cans and a string.

 

[Old Iron]

Another lucky nice score, there all out west. Been up since 1 AM tracking the one on ebay and I lost by 5 sec cause
my computor is one step above two tin cans and a string.

When there is really something I want and I'm not going to be here or its late in the night I use one of the snipers. Now I've only used them once but I won both items.

Find the programs they give you a free week to see if-n you like it or not. The little bit I use one its not worth paying for. They will bit in the last 2 or 3 seconds.

Paul