hi I've just joined the forum although I've been on to have a read for a few years so I would like to share a project that has kept me entertained for a couple of years in my spare time.
about 2.5 years ago I came across David J Gingery's book on making a tabletop shaper and was totally taken by his concept and thought to myself that when I retire I would go about making one.
One day whilst at work I mentioned the book to a pal of mine who was a jig borer and he got interested ( I was a cnc Programer/miller).
The upshot of it all was that we didn't wait for retirement we sat down over a few evenings and decided to use the dimensions more or less that the Gingery shaper had but design wise we decided to
prefabricate rather than cast and we went our own way on many things .I first of all modeled it and then built it in 3d to check it out before we started to cut metal and we made a brace of shapersAttachment 241770 Attachment 241766
Above are a couple of pictures but we still need to do things to finish it of ,at the moment I'm experimenting with different adjustable drive belts and pulleys .
All the machining was done in our spare time as I have AMA25LV mill and a mini lathe CJ623B in my home workshop .
Actually this project sidetracked me from my cnc router project now that I'm retired I can start to play catch up:cheers: