Online Catalogue last updated 17th of September 2023
Written by J.W. Barritt.
To quote Dave Gingery, "Shaper Operations is unbelievable. This book gives simple step-by-step instructions on "impossible jobs". I've never seen any of the operations described better. And most of it I've never seen attempted at all. Most of the machinists who knew how to run a shaper are dead. And even if they were alive few of them would be able to deliver such clean, no-nonsense instruction. If you have a shaper, you should have this book. And if you read this book, you will want to buy or build a shaper".
Good information on running a shaper is very hard to find. The last shaper booklet of any quality was produced by South Bend Lathe, but it's no longer in print. But here's something that is probably even better.
You get "job ticket" lessons published in 1937 for machine shop students. You get a list of the tools required, a break down of the major operations with detailed steps in each operation, followed by quiz questions to test your knowledge. Each job is accompanied by illustrations and "blue prints" to show you how the work is mounted and machined.
When you're done with each of these lessons, you should be very comfortable, if not expert, in running a shaper. You get step-by-step lessons in machining a plain surface; cut a keyway in a shaft and gear blank; machine concave surfaces; machine a steel wedge; taper gib; and much more.
Code No. 004806