09-30-2014, 10:54 PM
That brings back memories of my junior (3rd) year in vocational high school, running a 16" Gould & Eberhardt shaper and learning a lot.
I haven't touched one since because I can get a pretty nice finish with a carbide insert 45º face mill. I could mill that in one pass, and the cut would take about 15 seconds.
For the record, I get probably just as much joy with 15 seconds of heavy, hot blue chips dropping off the work as you do in two minutes twenty seconds of "stroke, retract, repeat."
![Big Grin Big Grin](http://www.metalworkingfun.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
And no, it doesn't make me want to have a shaper, so what will? ;)
I haven't touched one since because I can get a pretty nice finish with a carbide insert 45º face mill. I could mill that in one pass, and the cut would take about 15 seconds.
For the record, I get probably just as much joy with 15 seconds of heavy, hot blue chips dropping off the work as you do in two minutes twenty seconds of "stroke, retract, repeat."
![Big Grin Big Grin](http://www.metalworkingfun.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
And no, it doesn't make me want to have a shaper, so what will? ;)