10-04-2014, 09:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-04-2014, 09:14 AM by Sunset Machine.)
The machine came with a huge version of that, holding a 2" boring bar about 20" long. It's so badly out of balance that the clapper needs to bolted down solid, and even then it hangs down so far that it looks like a sure way to break something, and there are signs that it did! A smaller one should work fine and easy to make, but I'm leaning towards a poker-style like Hawkeye's. Who knows - maybe it can be geared to a divider and generate internal splines or something.
I haven't had time to go out to the shop in weeks, but the last time I toyed with the shaper it was to make an internal corner. I found the limitation of having such a large vice - the tool just barely clears the vice when the jaws are 90 degrees to the ram. There's no room for overhanging work.
I haven't had time to go out to the shop in weeks, but the last time I toyed with the shaper it was to make an internal corner. I found the limitation of having such a large vice - the tool just barely clears the vice when the jaws are 90 degrees to the ram. There's no room for overhanging work.