Help, I'm not only cursed with TEA, I also have VIA (vintage iron addiction)
Just got this WWII vintage 15 inch shaper back into action. It's a late Swiss VonRoll "Original Schaerer" SH-400 Shaper/Schnellhobel/Schnellhobler. Bought it last summer on tutti.ch for a good price (13ct/kg
), after some old toolmaker had died and the relatives didn't knew on how to use it and thus wanted to get rid of it ASAP (a somewhat familiar story
).
Since it had to be transported trough some doors and inside my van, I had to disassemble it as much as possible. Thereby it arrived more or less as a parts kit. Unfortunately stupidMe tipped over the main body casting during loading which cracked the clutch hinge. Fortunately I was able to repair it using an oxyacetylene torch and some silicon bronze (CuSi3Mn1).
Finally got everything back together this weekend and could make my first chips on that machine. Because it's nice to watch in action, I made a video of it:
Shaper was build sometimes around 1948, I believe, production of this kind of machine started around 1940, during WWII. It's in beautiful condition, has 6hp 3phase motor installed and weights around 1600kg/3200lb fully assembled (don't ask me how I got that transported inside my van
). Other than that, it's rather compact and can remove metal like no other machine I have. Found some 1cm wide and 1.5mm thick chips inside the oil sump
. Also got tons of HSS tooling, the vice and a gear cutting fixture along with it. A great addition to my Maho, where the servo controller is still bitching (my next project, TCA280 replacement board Rev 3.0
)
Also scanned the 70year old manual, since it was heavily used and deteriorating. It's available here:
https://archive.org/details/18.pngJoined