Nice video. I have an Atlas 7 from the 1930s. It is slow and mine needs most of the fixtures. It is the right thing for a small hobby shop. I bought mine many years ago and would like to find a better one but the prices are too high now. Good Luck, Rick
Oh yes, thanks for your hint. It is always difficult to translate special professional words from one tongue into another. For example: What you'll call in English a "crib" is in German a "Eselsbrücke" and if you would translate it word by word into English it would read "donkey's bridge".
Fwiw brand new industrial sized shapers are still being made in both India and China. ua-cam.com/video/x6DzS9Wk4jc/v-deo.html as one example. I've heard a few rumors that some of them may be being built with cnc controls today. For the correct work piece there's still even a few modern industrial shops in North America using shapers.
It might look a bit 'Olde Worlde' but a shaper is a very useful piece of kit, especially for internal keyways, also if a cutting tool loses its' edge you can sharpen it up on a £20 bench grinder from Lidls, no need for a sophisticated cutter grinder!
With a well made shaper in proper condition, the correctly honed finishing tool with an operator that knows what he's doing for feeds ans speeds a shaper can approach average surface grinder finishes and accuracy's. You'd need a high end bed mill to get the same accuracy and still fail with the surface finish. Yes the surface grinder would be faster, but for the correct work piece shape and requirements there's still a few North American industrial shops making good money with them. So there not quite archaic yet.
Really nice little machine, and great video.
I used to have a workshop with 5 shapers working all the time, great to be reminded of it 👍
Thanks a lot - you are welcome!
You modernized a shaper. I think we need to call you a living saint of machining.
I am sure this one has typical German precision and fine engineering. Nice machine. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Nice video. I have an Atlas 7 from the 1930s. It is slow and mine needs most of the fixtures. It is the right thing for a small hobby shop. I bought mine many years ago and would like to find a better one but the prices are too high now. Good Luck, Rick
Thank you very much for your response, Rick!
Beautifully restored, a great machine
Thank you very much.
Great looking lil machine
Yes, indeed. Thank you.
One bit of information missing is an explanation of the mechanism that makes the cutting stroke slower than the return stroke.
Good canal, and nice video. Thank' for work!
Thank you!
Thank you!
I am not sure about Germany, but the the 1:08 "crank-rocker" is called a "scotch yoke" over here.
Oh yes, thanks for your hint. It is always difficult to translate special professional words from one tongue into another. For example: What you'll call in English a "crib" is in German a "Eselsbrücke" and if you would translate it word by word into English it would read "donkey's bridge".
@@prof-rieg No problem, I should also have added, thank you for the upload. A great video.
When was this shaper built and are they still building them in Germany?
It was build about 1975, and, no, production was canceled in the 80ies.
nice video, but looks like the ways need to be adjusted. at 4.58 , with the relative heavy cuts the table seems to rock over.
Nico Vermeir i guess you are right
LSCAD very nice machine and video btw
Dieses Video gibt es schon länger auf Deutsch. Das ist die englische Version.
Fwiw brand new industrial sized shapers are still being made in both India and China. ua-cam.com/video/x6DzS9Wk4jc/v-deo.html as one example. I've heard a few rumors that some of them may be being built with cnc controls today. For the correct work piece there's still even a few modern industrial shops in North America using shapers.
Can I buy ?
Price sir
How much price
This machine is not longer in production.
Pl givee price list with location
These machines are out of stock.
Sorry but it’s archaic. Looks like something out of the dungeon. BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL OLD MACHINE
Indeed!
It might look a bit 'Olde Worlde' but a shaper is a very useful piece of kit, especially for internal keyways, also if a cutting tool loses its' edge you can sharpen it up on a £20 bench grinder from Lidls, no need for a sophisticated cutter grinder!
With a well made shaper in proper condition, the correctly honed finishing tool with an operator that knows what he's doing for feeds ans speeds a shaper can approach average surface grinder finishes and accuracy's. You'd need a high end bed mill to get the same accuracy and still fail with the surface finish. Yes the surface grinder would be faster, but for the correct work piece shape and requirements there's still a few North American industrial shops making good money with them. So there not quite archaic yet.