Ammco 6" Metal shaper

[TonyK]

Continuing on.

I removed all of the masking from the painted parts. Then ran a tap through all of the threaded holes on the castings. Afterward used compressed air to blow out all of the tapped holes and castings. I also cleaned all of the bearing surfaces as well. Assembly now starts I am using a bit of GP grease on the bearings for assembly. The main drive shaft and pinion have been cleaned but I suspect that this shaft has been replaced. I have a theory. More on this latter.

Now what is wrong in this picture?

TonyK.

Grimsby Ontario Canada.

 

[TonyK]

@TonyK , The motor mine came with was an 1725rpm 1/2hp, I was lucky to find a good Leeson 1140 3/4hp which was closer to the factory motor, you can only go so small on the motor pulley and you can change the other part of the workings of the shaper. I know I could have gone down the VFD route, maybe one day.
I know it’s a bit tricky dialing in tooling.
I have on the list to make a Shaper Tee. Made famous by this guy.

I was lucky to pickup one of these holders

They are a fun little machine. I will be using it next for an internal keyway for an L1 lathe faceplate. The previous owner made a bar that fits into the clapper.

Thanks for all the details on your machine re build.

Regards Mark

Thanks Mark, good information here. I forgot about a 6 pole motor for 1140 RPM ( 1200 synchronous) Yes those are hard to come by. As for other tooling if I don't make it I will keep my eye out on Ebay and see what comes up.

TonyK.

Grimsby Ontario Canada.

 

[jorogi]

There you go, all fixed

 

[Dan Dubeau]

Looking good. You didn't happen to paint a Prema shaper at some point in your life did you? Those colours are Identical to mine, same accent colour red too.....

 

[MashingMetal]

@TonyK Looks like your machine is coming along nicely!
You must be anxious to make some chips! I am still very much learning but enjoying it.
I also have an 1140 RPM motor on my dill press. It was an option on the Rockwell’s with the viable speed drive pulleys. I just picked up a two speed low RPM motor from a industrial garage door and that is perfect too for my littler Startrite press. The capacitor is huge I am not sure how it’s made inside please see below.

Thanks Mark, good information here. I forgot about a 6 pole motor for 1140 RPM ( 1200 synchronous) Yes those are hard to come by. As for other tooling if I don't make it I will keep my eye out on Ebay and see what comes up.

TonyK.

Grimsby Ontario

 

[gerritv]

Before you bolt too much together, I recommend verifying that the ways are parallel to the base. And perpendicular to the knee dovetail. Harder to do once it is assembled.
Not sure if you are thinking of uppping the HP from 1/3 to 1/2 or more, I would strongly recommend against that. The fiber main gear will not take that level of power.

 

[TonyK]

Looking good. You didn't happen to paint a Prema shaper at some point in your life did you? Those colours are Identical to mine, same accent colour red too.....
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Not that I remember. Colours chosen were based on the original machine colours, but see that most of these machines are very old, possibly in a past life?


TonyK.

Grimsby Ontario Canada

 

[TonyK]

Before you bolt too much together, I recommend verifying that the ways are parallel to the base. And perpendicular to the knee dovetail. Harder to do once it is assembled.
Not sure if you are thinking of uppping the HP from 1/3 to 1/2 or more, I would strongly recommend against that. The fiber main gear will not take that level of power.

I am going to use the 1/3 HP motor that has been supplied with the shaper for now. I wanted this machine for making internal keyways as I am limited with my milling machine. I never thought of checking how true the machine is. My TOS FN20 is very accurate and I normally use it should a part demand close tolerance to be met.

Thanks for the comments.


TonyK.

Grimsby Ontario Canada.

 

[TonyK]

@TonyK Looks like your machine is coming along nicely!
You must be anxious to make some chips! I am still very much learning but enjoying it.
I also have an 1140 RPM motor on my dill press. It was an option on the Rockwell’s with the viable speed drive pulleys. I just picked up a two speed low RPM motor from a industrial garage door and that is perfect too for my littler Startrite press. The capacitor is huge I am not sure how it’s made inside please see below.

Mark looking at the name plate 1625 RPM expresses a lot of slip from a 4 poll motor. The Lower RPM rating is for 50HZ. North America uses a 60Hz Grid. I know of a wrecking yard out Cayuga way that has a lot of used stuff brought in from demolition, some good finds and even better prices. I may take a drive out there when the weather gets better.


TonyK.

Grimsby Ontario Canada.