If you use a cut both sides tool you can just flip the 'ratchet job' to change direction and cut both ways, saves a lot of hand winding back to the start and very useful for finishing cuts. Much less fiddly to do with yours than on my Alba.
It's easier on most shapers to tell if it's running backwards because of the Whitworth linkage that makes the ram move faster on the back stroke than the forward cutting stroke. The advantage of that is that such a machine will be cutting more than 50% of the time it's running while this doesn't. Time being money and all that This is a very interesting machine. I'd love to know more about it
Slide should move faster on the return stroke. Crankshaft centreline is raised above the slide so there are more degrees of crank rotation on forward stroke. Think your direction of rotation is ok.
That is a very nice machine. I love these old machines. Quality is so much better than new ones. I don’t even know if new ones still got made. Good video.
@@robertrawlings I think it's both, amount of travel (1, 2 or 3 teeth on the gear the ratchet picks up), and also the phrase relative to the cutting arm.
If you use a cut both sides tool you can just flip the 'ratchet job' to change direction and cut both ways, saves a lot of hand winding back to the start and very useful for finishing cuts. Much less fiddly to do with yours than on my Alba.
It's easier on most shapers to tell if it's running backwards because of the Whitworth linkage that makes the ram move faster on the back stroke than the forward cutting stroke. The advantage of that is that such a machine will be cutting more than 50% of the time it's running while this doesn't. Time being money and all that
This is a very interesting machine. I'd love to know more about it
love this bloody project
Slide should move faster on the return stroke. Crankshaft centreline is raised above the slide so there are more degrees of crank rotation on forward stroke. Think your direction of rotation is ok.
That is a very nice machine. I love these old machines. Quality is so much better than new ones. I don’t even know if new ones still got made.
Good video.
The adjustment up on the flywheel also controls your depth of cut depending on how many teeth on the gear it moves.
There are lots of videos on UA-cam about using a shaper . Setting up etc etc.
@@RogerClay-g6w Thanks. I'll take a look.
What a fantastic machine. Can we have a demo run of it in operation please?
@@firestorm755 as soon as I've got a job setup on it, video will follow. 💪
The hand nut you showed us to allow the adjustment is for altering the amount of travel to the side movement I think you will find 😊
@@robertrawlings I think it's both, amount of travel (1, 2 or 3 teeth on the gear the ratchet picks up), and also the phrase relative to the cutting arm.
@@StoneEng Indeed, you're absolutely right.
Think the adjust on the flywheel shaft is the amount of travel
@@alanchester-hl3ek I think it serves both purposes. Length of travel and phase relative to the cutting tool.
A tool with to many moving parts👍 gimme a hammer anytime 👍👍🦘🤠🇦🇺