another restoration complete: 1940's Craftsman shaper

[Sully]

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[McRabbet]

It looks great, Jay. I would make one suggestion -- add a guard made from plywood over the belt -- should be be simple to connect it to the plywood sandwiched under the motor mount. Safety first.

 

[Sully]

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[Glennbear]

Really nice work Jay and I like your color choice. I wish you luck in finding the remaining pieces. :wsmile:

 

[HMH]

Nice work! Glad to see there is another local OWWM'er around. I actually have a Craftsman/ Atlas shaper almost identical to yours making its way South right now. I have a few other machines I'd like to address first, but you've certainly set the bar high! How does it cut?

 

[LeftyTom]

Nice save, Jay. You got some polishing talent. :thumbs_up

 

[Sully]

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[Glennbear]

It cuts pretty well. I need to touch up some of the edges on the cutters as they have a nice "patina" on them. I will probably also pick up a few new cutters from Grizzly in the near future.

Does the shaper you are getting have the pulley/belt guard? I'd like to have some closeup pictures of one with measurements if possible so I can build a wooden replacement true to the original.

Thanks,
J

Jay, you might want to check these folks out as a source for made in the USA cutters :wsmile: :
http://corobcutters.com/index.php

 

[PChristy]

Nice job Sully :icon_thum you have a talent to see what is under all of that rust and corrosion

 

[Sully]

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[TracyP]

:thumbs_up:thumbs_up Nice restoration job.

 

[HMH]

It cuts pretty well. I need to touch up some of the edges on the cutters as they have a nice "patina" on them. I will probably also pick up a few new cutters from Grizzly in the near future.

Does the shaper you are getting have the pulley/belt guard? I'd like to have some closeup pictures of one with measurements if possible so I can build a wooden replacement true to the original.

Thanks,
J

To be honest, I'm really not sure about the belt guard, but I doubt it. I had intended to make a guard out of MDF myself.

 

[rickc]

Doubt it is the same model as yours, but this looks pretty close, and you get a general idea of the type of guard.

http://www.old-woodworking-tools.net/craftsman-shaper-model-10123810.html

Maybe a little metal working with some flashing and pop-rivets? :icon_scra The belt guard on the old machine in the above picture looks very similar to the type that resides on my roto-tiller. I wonder if you could look to old power garden tools for something that would work.

Or just build a temporary mdf box around it! )