Wow, this machine is awesome! Great job! Building a small shaper is on my list of projects and this is really a great demonstration of just how well it can be done. Gorgeous little machine. Also, you'll need to add something to change the direction of the clamping forces to solve you jaw lift issue with those vices. Look at how a kurt milling vice works for and idea as to how to accomplish this. Cheers!
Very nicely done hand shaper sir. I’m looking forward to going through your other videos when I get a chance. Most of the time when I get the work riding up in the vice it’s a chip stuck somewhere. Cast iron makes tiny little crumbs that can be hard to spot and remove. All the best Mat
Mat: Thanks so much for the very nice comments. Yes it doesn't take much to interfere with the work sitting solidly in a vise. Best Regards and Thanks Again: Larry
Just discovered your channel Larry, I can`t wait to see other uploads you may have, that hand built shaper is something to behold ! . Best Regards Ken, from OZ.
You need to relieve the corners. Use a cutting wheel to rip a good groove. Just like a v block would have. Your parts are pivoting on the "web" you need to remove. The reason the angle plate sits square is probably because it's chamfered
I think the small vise is flexing as you tighten it. So its squeezing the part and the lesser strenth jaw is bending letting the part lift off the parallel.
I was watching for ages trying to work out if it had a clapbox or if not, how you made sure the tool didn't scrap the job on the return pass. Its only when you bumped the tool by accident that i realized that the tool is pivoted at the top, and supported behind. So going forward its rigid, but on the return it just swings, and only lightly grazes the job instead.
Bob: That's typical of all metal shapers, both hand shapers and power shapers. Occasionally you need to lock the clapper for certain operations, but generally it's free to swing on the return path. Regards: Larry
@@smithbuilt I'm not sure how many videos I published are related to the hand shaper. My friend Walter Maisey and I were both attempting the build and we were basically sharing some information via UA-cam videos. I probably have dozens of still photos but not many videos. I'm sure I've shared my photo album at different times if some asked. Regards: Larry Photo Album: 1drv.ms/u/s!AoFHBXavAXM5g7QKVMavnN0J1753Fw?e=huedrh
Binks: Thanks for your comment. I did finally scrap-in all jaws and surfaces so they were nearly perfect and now the vise works very well. The extra lock down screw on the moveable jaw also, always helps the situation. Best Regards: Larry
Woody: The stroke is 5-1/2"+. The original Rapide-Lime was 7" and mine is built to an 80% scale, so the building process could be accomplished on the Taig Micro Lathe and Taig Micro Mill. Regards: Larry
Thanks for your nice comment. I really enjoyed building this little hand shaper and it has been a real joy. I would like a nice manufactured type shaper, maybe someday. Regards: Larry
Awesome machine
An amazing, well build and beautiful machine, not something you see everyday
Marcel: Thanks for the nice comment. Best Regards: Larry
That shaper is a masterpiece!
Thanks for your encouraging comments. Regards: Larry
Wow, this machine is awesome! Great job! Building a small shaper is on my list of projects and this is really a great demonstration of just how well it can be done. Gorgeous little machine. Also, you'll need to add something to change the direction of the clamping forces to solve you jaw lift issue with those vices. Look at how a kurt milling vice works for and idea as to how to accomplish this. Cheers!
Thanks for your comments and best regards: Larry
Amazing build wow
What a fabulous home 🏠 made shaper I do love ❤ it sir you are an artist. Your students raised one
Thanks for the nice compliment. Regards: Larry
Very nicely done hand shaper sir. I’m looking forward to going through your other videos when I get a chance. Most of the time when I get the work riding up in the vice it’s a chip stuck somewhere. Cast iron makes tiny little crumbs that can be hard to spot and remove. All the best Mat
Mat: Thanks so much for the very nice comments. Yes it doesn't take much to interfere with the work sitting solidly in a vise. Best Regards and Thanks Again: Larry
Just discovered your channel Larry, I can`t wait to see other uploads you may have, that hand built shaper is something to behold ! . Best Regards Ken, from OZ.
Ken: Thanks for the comment. It has been a lot of work over a period of time, but I've really enjoyed the project. Regards: Larry
Very nice work sir
could be the fact that cutting forces push against the moving jaw in either vice.
shaper vices often work the other way around for this reason.
Interesting thought. Thanks for your comment. Regards: Larry
Wow 😃! It even has auto feed! That's so cool, I love it. What a beautifully made tool. Definitely gonna scan your channel for a build series 😁.
It was fun project and basically a copy of a French made machine, but scaled down in size
@@larrypoindexter9351 what was the machine you based this on?
Scaled Down Version of "Rapid-Lime Hand Shaper"
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You need to relieve the corners. Use a cutting wheel to rip a good groove. Just like a v block would have. Your parts are pivoting on the "web" you need to remove. The reason the angle plate sits square is probably because it's chamfered
Billy: Thanks for your comment. Regards: Larry
I think the small vise is flexing as you tighten it. So its squeezing the part and the lesser strenth jaw is bending letting the part lift off the parallel.
Thank You. Regards: Larry
I was watching for ages trying to work out if it had a clapbox or if not, how you made sure the tool didn't scrap the job on the return pass. Its only when you bumped the tool by accident that i realized that the tool is pivoted at the top, and supported behind. So going forward its rigid, but on the return it just swings, and only lightly grazes the job instead.
Bob: That's typical of all metal shapers, both hand shapers and power shapers. Occasionally you need to lock the clapper for certain operations, but generally it's free to swing on the return path. Regards: Larry
It'd been said but I'll say it again that shaper is beautiful
Yeah...It's a nice little machine. It was quite a project to undertake from scratch with no plans sizes or anything else. Regards: Larry
@@larrypoindexter9351 you should make a play list of the building process of it. I'd love to watch it. Would help me out as I could do with making one
@@smithbuilt I'm not sure how many videos I published are related to the hand shaper. My friend Walter Maisey and I were both attempting the build and we were basically sharing some information via UA-cam videos. I probably have dozens of still photos but not many videos. I'm sure I've shared my photo album at different times if some asked. Regards: Larry
Photo Album: 1drv.ms/u/s!AoFHBXavAXM5g7QKVMavnN0J1753Fw?e=huedrh
Is there any mechanism raising the clapper box or its allowed to move up when backing into the workpiece
No, it works the way you've mentioned. Regards: Larry
@@larrypoindexter9351 thank you
If the vise you're having a problem with has a removable jaw you could try to put a shim behind it
near the top.
Binks: Thanks for your comment. I did finally scrap-in all jaws and surfaces so they were nearly perfect and now the vise works very well. The extra lock down screw on the moveable jaw also, always helps the situation. Best Regards: Larry
Impressive!!!!
Thanks for your comments. Always appreciated. Best Regards: Larry
Nice Shaper. Lovely work! What is the stroke of your shaper there?
Woody: The stroke is 5-1/2"+. The original Rapide-Lime was 7" and mine is built to an 80% scale, so the building process could be accomplished on the Taig Micro Lathe and Taig Micro Mill. Regards: Larry
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Good idea and well made device. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the comment. Regards: Larry
Good job, however im pretty sure you should have got a shaper instead
Thanks for your nice comment. I really enjoyed building this little hand shaper and it has been a real joy. I would like a nice manufactured type shaper, maybe someday. Regards: Larry
v good
Thank You...…….Regards: Larry
Truly brilliant, it will burn cnc companies. Weeeeeeheeeee.