Made in both early 7inch and later 8inch stroke versions the logan shaper was an improved version of a machine originally manufactured by portercable. Lets see some sheet metal shaping english wheel, sheet metal fabrication. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends. Considering shapers are all but extinct commercially and bench top shapers in england are.
If you own an automotive repair shop, an auto body shop, or a racecar for nascar, or in other lighter vehicle categories under 1,000 lbs. Metalshapers association sheet metal fabrication news. His automobile metal shaping business in morganton, n. He works out of his shop located in the backyard of his windsor, ont. Metal forming and shaping is an art and takes a very skilled hand to make things look good. At the time the shaper was developed tooling was carbon steel and it was very easy to wipe out a mill cutter on a hard spot or just by running it too fast. What you have to do in order to become a full member. The team in portugal brings its technical support for tooling followup. Over time the business has grown through a process of acquisitions and mergers resulting in an organisation that today has companies strategically. The cutter heads on wood shaping machines generally spin between 3,000 and 10,000 rpm. By selling directly to end users we provide the best quality products at the best price to professionals and hobbyists. Project caden by carlos salaff lasercut wood sheets for metal. See more ideas about metal shaping, sheet metal and metal. Unfollow metal shaper to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Browse the industrys best sheet metal shaping tools fit for any body shop or garage, including metal benders, bead rollers, shearers, mallets and more. Pro shaper sheet metal llc sheet metal fabricator, metal shaping. Although this web pages makes reference to drawings for the project in the yahoo. They were used there mainly for shaping wheel teeth before the milling machine came into general use. There is a file on michael moores site under the link name an introduction to shaper operation down in the copies of.
The software has been created by eric hakenholz, in java. Custom car builder jim bailie is a selftaught expert in building car bodies out of steel or aluminum. A professional car restorer in my home town uses a very similar one, but with 8 sides. Purpose is to teach and share information on forming compound curves in sheet metal, for building and repairing aircraft and automobiles as well as designing and building metal sculptures and other metal structures. It allowed you to use a relatively inexpensive single point tool when rotary cutters were very expensive to buy and maintain. South bend metal shaper metal working tools, machine. Set your unique 4 digit code and change it at anytime.
Hopefully the topics in this forum will become a resource. Pavletic metal shaping custom fabricate auto body parts. Metalshapers association sheet metal news, tutorials. Brian stitt was one of our latest pro shaper students who took the 240 hour extended learning program. For more information on an item, contact the seller directly. California metal shaping a california special by emil diedt. When a ferraris in a fenderbender the new york times. In fact, shapers have been in use in the horological industries since at least the 18th century. This is the forum to ask or answer basic metal shaping questions. You can also click on the column heading to sort through the listings. For sale brass dough shaping machine in very i am advised this is a e w cowell shaper. I have made a large number of these as replacements for original shells, for accurate.
Dec 28, 2011 whether it be steel or aluminum, chris davenport salt flats speed shop is one of the great metal shapers. Model 300 weighing 1100 lbs and having a 300 mm 11. Once upon a time there was a lot of fuss about the nonavailability of indexing attachements for the 7 inch shapers that atlas and south bend had manufactured. How this medieval machine turns flat metal into beautiful car bodies.
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Purpose is to teach and share information on forming compound curves in sheet metal, for building and repairing aircraft and automobiles as well as designing and building metal sculptures and other metal. You can also click on the column heading to sort through the. Deidt was one of the premier metal shapers and body builders of the time who worked on many specials and racing cars in the postwar period. Sheet metal shaping tools metal working tools auto. Aluminum or steel sheet metal shaper for sale from mittler brotherstanner racing products shop fabrication tools and metal shapers for sale and shipped nationwide mittler bros. One of the projects was wireforming an original design. You can also click on the column heading to sort through. South bend metal shaper metal working tools, machine tools. Gear machinery gear shapers for sale listings we have 182 listings for gear shapers listed below. This is an extremely rugged little shaper, well capable of performing all the myriad of tasks the milling machine is notsuited for. All welds and surfaces finished to perfection, no bondo fillers needed. Shaping machine for sale in uk 46 used shaping machines. Gear shapers are driven by a gear and rack assembly.
Shapers figure 1 have been used for many years to produce flat, angular, and contoured machined surfaces. Wood shapers are similar to the router table, except it can do production. Sheet metal shaping tools metal working tools auto body. Sep 07, 20 ive got an old metal shaper, its an 18 newey engineering, my grandfather bought it at an auction god knows how many years ago, set it up in his shop and used it maybe a couple times. In 1992 lcars metal master blaine downer debuted our first complete. Shapers can do just about everything you would use a mill for today. A gentelman by the name of red, my rememberer dont go in reverse all of the time, cant recall his name, but is big in the old car game, and has forgotten more about metalshaping, than most guys will learn in a lifetime. For antique car restoration, pavletic uses the same metal as the original and shapers the. Scott knight, a heavy in the resto and big money sports car. You can also use the same method to produce the bonnet d. So, whether your needs are only to slot bores for keyways, perhaps generate gears or maybe just general machining, this is the machine for you. Shop collision services for metal shaping tools and equipment for your automotive body shop, including shearing machines, pipe benders and plasma cutters.
The metal shaper paperback july 1, 1981 by david gingery author 4. In 2000, wray schelin invited george king and tom lipton to his massachusetts shop for a weekend handson sheetmetalshaping workshop. Here i show how i go about making replacement ss100 radiator shells. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by.
Metal shapersenglish wheels, metal shaper station, anvils, wheels and accessories sheet metal shapers and workstation. A rocker arm, operated by a crank pin from the main driving gear, gives the ram of the crank shaper a backandforth reciprocating motion. Bill rhine has started the restoration of my mountain car. Wood shapers are wood working machines designed to cut wood with a vertically orientated spindle that has cutter heads attached to it. See more ideas about machine tools, metal and metal working. Shapers which is part of the arrk group, specialises in prototyping, tooling and low volume production has production plants in france, poland, india and china. Lewis 10 shaper photo by ron shimon in a july, 1974 issue of the. If its metal, pavletic can fabricate the piece you need for your project. The cutter heads on wood shaping machines generally spin between. Collector car sheet metal restorationreplacement to the highest standard. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above.
In june of 2009 i purchased an atlas shaper, it is complete except for the extension to the factory crank handle, and the belt guards, which were offered as an. Harolds brother was able to find all of the castings listed on the packing list for the shaper except for the ratchet gear blank. If you are looking for metal shapers, then choose the mittler bros. The packing list showed that harold had ordered the no. Project caden by carlos salaff lasercut wood sheets for metal shaping buck. Ive got an old metal shaper, its an 18 newey engineering, my grandfather bought it at an auction god knows how many years ago, set it up in his shop and used it maybe a couple times. Easy file transfer and continuous software performance updates available via wifi connectivity.
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