An ailing Lutter&Gies shaper
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A roadside find last fall, it seemed to be in good shape. I've finally gotten around to checking it out and the feed mechanism seems a little flaky - like a timing problem. Poking around, there's a hidden mechanism inside with a lot of play in it, someone has even hooked up a spring to try and compensate, but it's a shoddy solution.

The mechanism is hiding behind the bull gear, which rides on a shaft connected to the stroke setter. The stroke setter is part of a flanged casting that is bolted to the side of the shaper, and I see no other way to get to the feed mechanism.

Anyone here familiar? Any gotchas? I'm going to pull it off without incident, reach inside, find a bad bushing and get it all back together before lunch, right?
   
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Looks like a sound machine once you get her fixed up, wish I could score a find like that. tom
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Smiley-signs009 I'd like to find a road-side shaper like that also.

Ed
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Great find Thumbsup
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I hate to be the one to tell you but that problem is a terminal one. Best to crate her up and send her to me.
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My lucky day! I found the US patent online and not only got drawings but a how-it-all-works as well.

After reading the "directions" (written in 1906), I had to wonder what the spring was for. Looks like that part is supposed to be loose... So I unhooked the spring and the timing problem went away. Smiley-dancenana
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a free shaper put into proper working order demands a video to go with my Popcorn and Smiley-eatdrink004
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Didn't mean to imply it was free, I've got $250 plus a $100 forklift fee into it. I found it on the side of a road, waiting for a scrap truck to pick it up. I often take scenic tours through industrial areas (the side roads). Machines like this are just so much trash to them.

Junk tools, roadside finds costing $100-$300:
16" L&G shaper
6x12 Boyer-Shultz surface grinder
ancient 24"x60" metal planer
11" South Bend lathe

They all work fine, the shops just couldn't make any money with them any more. The slightest problem and out they go.
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(08-07-2012, 01:42 PM)Sunset Machine Wrote: Junk tools, roadside finds costing $100-$300:
16" L&G shaper
6x12 Boyer-Shultz surface grinder
ancient 24"x60" metal planer
11" South Bend lathe

They all work fine, the shops just couldn't make any money with them any more. The slightest problem and out they go.

I'm moving to Washington. Happyyes

Ed
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here they either set them outside till they are so rusty you can't do anything with them or just chunk em in the scrap bin
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