This shaper is supplied with six motor leads that are connected for 115V operation, as shown in Figure C. Reconnect these six motor leads for 230V operation, as shown in Figure D. The 115V attachment plug, supplied with the shaper, must be replaced with a UL/CSA listed plug suitable for 230V operation. This plug is illustrated in Fig.
- Number of Pages: 7 This is a reproduction, not a photocopy, of an original Havir Metal Shape-Rite-Shapers with 8″ Stroke Owner’s-Operator’s and Parts Manual. This manual contains information about the shaper specifications, installing and setting up this metal shaper. It also includes a lubrication chart, and a cross sectional view diagram of the parts.
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Shaper Book Page
These files were previously distributed on CD butas time has gone by I have lost interest in burning CDs, toting them to the postoffice and mailing them. So, after much procrastinating, I have decided topost them here for free download.
As I come across any other shaper related books Iwill add them to the list as time allows.
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| Michael Moore Info |
The link Michael Moore will. take you to a list of interestingand useful shaper information. To visit Mike's website use this link: http://www.eurospares.com/tools.htm
Metal Shaper Owners Manual Pdf
Elliot 10M Shaper contributed by Andy Batory, Ottawa, OntarioCanada The Shaping Machine was contributed but I don't recall now who sentit to me. The K&T manuals were sent by Forrest Silas.
Other Books and Manuals
The Rivett Lathe information is contributed by Frank Dorion and his friendin England Steve Uphill, who played the major role in getting the Rivett stuffback into circulation. They also distributed CDs but that got old eventually andnow the information is here for the Rivett Lathe enthusiast.
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State of CT Curriculum 1990 curriculum (PDF)and current curriculum (DOC)
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Cowell Lathe
Metal Shaper Owner's Manual Pdf
Offered during the 1950s and 1960s, this small, hand-operated shaper was offered as a set of casting by E.W. Cowell of 7A Sydney Road, Watford in Hertfordshire - a company quite separate from the current Cowells Small Machine Tools Ltd who manufacture a range miniature machine tools.
Once well known in model-engineering circles for their range of built-it-yourself workshop equipment, other casting kits sold included such useful items as a plain-turning precision lathe, power hacksaws, drilling machines, compound milling tables and machine vices. However, as the country's standard of living improved, there was a decline in demand for this type of low-cost, do-it-yourself product, leaving only keener enthusiasts to attempt what was often a considerable task for completion in a home workshop. A similar situation existed in the United States, with the Pootatuck Corporation (later the David Jones Machine Company) offering sets of castings and drawings to build lathes, shapers and milling machines.
Made from good quality materials, the Cowell shaper was supplied as a set of casting with the major machining already finished - leaving the enthusiastic owner to manage all the smaller parts and final construction. When complete the shaper was capable of machining an area of 6' by 6' with five rates of automatic cross feed from 0.0025' to 0.125'.
Although they may appear to be very old-fashioned and of little use, the reality is that this type of shaper can still perform a most useful function in the hands of the more knowledgeable and skilful enthusiast. With sharp tools (and sharpness really is very important), it's quite astonishing what a variety of useful work these little machines can do. In the harder economic times of the 1940s and 1950s they offered model engineers an inexpensive way of accomplishing tasks that would otherwise have involved a great deal of laborious, and usually inaccurate, hand-filing and cutting. Remarkably, it is easy to use a hand shaper too quickly, rather than at its correct speed. Sixty strokes a minute by hand on a 5-inch stroke machine may feel comfortable but, allowing for the lost time at the end of each half stroke, this gives at tool speed of over 60 feet/minute - which is 30% greater than that recommended for high speed steel on cast iron. Experimenting with slower strokes on a hand shaper will often produce better results..