Just the very existence of this website means that those who visit here must have at least a casual interest in machinery (wood working, metal working, etc.) Is there one machine that you use in your home shop or work place that you truly enjoy using or can't live without? Mine is a 1952 Delta Heavy Duty Shaper. I use it in my home shop, and really like the process of using the various tooling that goes along with it, almost as much as the final workpiece it produces. Post a picture or two of your favorite machine and tell us why.
Your Favorite Machine
- Thread starter Jim C.
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Nothing special, but my dads air compressor and his cut off wheel. No pics but I made this with it
Love my home made plyer rack
Love my home made plyer rack
cryan
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Its interesting the different names for things in different countries. Over here we would call that a Router Table as a shaper is a linear machine for cutting keyways etc. (unless I'm seeing the picture wrong?)
I have always had a soft spot for the Colchester Student lathe.
I have always had a soft spot for the Colchester Student lathe.
In this country that would be a wood shaper, a router table would have a portable router afixed to it, and a metal shaper is just as you describe.
Depending on the job but one of my most used tools is a backhoe.
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RivennHewn
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I have the same shaper collecting dust in my shop.
I'd like to get a mini power feeder for it, but that's kinda low on the priorities list.
I'd like to get a mini power feeder for it, but that's kinda low on the priorities list.
DocsMachine
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My most fun one is the '56 Logan turret lathe.
There's just something viscerally satisfying every time you kachunk! over to the next tool. Having another near-finished part fall out every 30 to 90 seconds doesn't hurt, either.
Yeah, a good CNC lathe would be faster and/or run unattended in some cases, but it's not as much fun to operate.
Doc.
There's just something viscerally satisfying every time you kachunk! over to the next tool. Having another near-finished part fall out every 30 to 90 seconds doesn't hurt, either.
Yeah, a good CNC lathe would be faster and/or run unattended in some cases, but it's not as much fun to operate.
Doc.