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Gerard's Shaper Design - EdK - 10-24-2012
I got permission from Gerard to post these pictures of his shaper design.
Enjoy!
Ed
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RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - stevec - 10-24-2012
Alotta nice machining has gone into that!
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - DaveH - 10-24-2012
That really does look good
DaveH
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - EdK - 10-24-2012
(10-24-2012, 01:36 PM)stevec Wrote: Alotta nice machining has gone into that!
Yes, he's a real craftsman.
The plans will be available from Gerard once he has the design done and tested. He's using Google SketchUp to draw it up and then he's passing his drawings on to me and I'm drawing it up in Solid Edge 2D. Once we are done with the drawings, they will be available in DWG, DXF, native Solid Edge, and likely PDF versions, in both imperial and metric. It's a hell of a lot more work than I expected.
Here's a link to Gerard's web site.
http://home.scarlet.be/mini-draaien-frezen/engels/project-11.html
Ed
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - sasquatch - 10-24-2012
Beautiful workmanship, Very impressive.
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - f350ca - 10-24-2012
My only reaction to that is WOW!!! Incredible workmanship.
Before I found the Logan I had aspirations of building one but it never would have looked like that.
WOW
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - EdK - 10-24-2012
(10-24-2012, 07:03 PM)f350ca Wrote: My only reaction to that is WOW!!! Incredible workmanship.
Before I found the Logan I had aspirations of building one but it never would have looked like that.
WOW
Greg,
I agree. It's amazing the craftsmanship Gerard has put into designing this shaper. It would be one hell of a cool project, if not expensive, but it may be the only way I can own a shaper. I could build it a piece at a time.
Ed
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - stevec - 10-24-2012
Gives me inspiration to consider the repair/replacement of some of the broken parts of my 7" Shape-Rite.
Once I get a few priorities out of the way.
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - Gerard - 10-25-2012
Hello Guys
Thank you for your kind and encouraging words.
I initially started with making Gingery shaper but the casting of aluminum parts was a disaster. So I started making a shaper in steel (mostly scrap material). When I've finished this machine I will put all my drawings (metric) and the drawings that Ed has made in inches on my website. Here I will also describe how certain parts can be made with simple tools.
Enjoy your hobby
Gerard
RE: Gerard's Shaper Design - DaveH - 10-25-2012
Thank you Gerard
DaveH