** Gone ** FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

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** Gone ** FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby DonT on Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:33 pm

Not sure if there are any home shop machinists on the board but if so I have an Atlas Metal Shaper I am going to part with. Don't use it and it is just taking up space in my shop. $600.00 and you pick it up (located in White Bear Lake). Will also consider trades for firearms if you have something that catches my eye.... Here is a pic:
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Thanks for looking...
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby bensdad on Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:11 pm

I bet a guy could turn his own rotors on that.
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby FJ540 on Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:39 pm

bensdad wrote:I bet a guy could turn his own rotors on that.


It'd take a long time...
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby Ironbear on Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:52 pm

FJ540 wrote:
bensdad wrote:I bet a guy could turn his own rotors on that.

It'd take a long time...

Yep. Wrong tool for the job.
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby FJ540 on Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:01 pm

Now if you wanted to do some custom checkering or ribs on hand guns - that'd set you up pretty good.

Shapers are the old way for sure, but they can produce some remarkable surface finishes.
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby monschman on Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:07 am

Imagine the trouble timwarner could get himself into with that :P


sorry man, but I couldnt hold that one back
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby rugersol on Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:39 am

monschman wrote:Imagine the trouble timwarner could get himself into with that :P


sorry man, but I couldnt hold that one back

No need to be sorry ... lotta truth, there ... let's jest hope he don't see this! Image
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Re: FS. Atlas Shaper... A Long Shot

Postby DonT on Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:15 am

Yeah I don't think you could do rotors.

These use to be used for many things Mill is used for today, as and there are things the Shaper can do the mill cannot. As pointed out it can provide a very nice FLATsurface, it will dovetail without the need to spend a bunch of $$ to buy special cutters, you could use it to checker I suppose but cutting keyways (can't do that on a mill) and gears without special tooling or if you need a square hole in material (try that with round cutters in mill) is where these shine. You just needed to grind the HSS tool bit (like a the ones used in a lathe) to the proper shape and go at it... It has an automatic feed with adjustable feed rate so you set it, start it and just let it run.

It works really well, I just bought it on a whim and haven't used it since I have a mill and lathe, and the shop is getting a bit overcrowded so it is time to thin the heard a bit. ;)

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