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Sheldon 12" shaper

Hurray!!! Just received delivery on my Sheldon 12" shaper from eBay. Spent a little over $800.00 on it from eBay, delivered to me by the to Laguna Niguel by the seller from Paso Robles, CA. Nice guy offered to deliver for a reasonable fee. Shaper in excellent condition, all ways have the scrape marks looking almost unused. It is however missing the hand crank. I am therefore looking for one if anyone is in the know. I have the small shaper booklet from Linsdsay books, very good I thought but are there anymore books on using the shaper or shaper techniques? I also will be moving shortly, I will have to protect the shaper and its ways from rusting. What antirust protectant should I use on the ways? Any comments or suggestions on shaper use and care are welcome. Thanks. I just had to tell someone!!!

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Carr Lane carries hand cranks. They aren't as elegant as the originals, but they're roughly the correct shape, and are inexpensive. carrlane.com

Congratulations on your machine. I bid on it too, even though I already have a nice shaper, that one looks like a peach.

GWE

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Grant Erwin

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David Merrill

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David Merrill

It is however missing the

McMasterCarr has a nice selection of cranks. Perhaps there is one there for you.

Bob AZ

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Bob AZ

============= Get Lendsay's catalog. There are several more shaper books. see

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shapers -- has a good section on table supports. From the pictures you can "roll your own"

they also have the following books with no links SBL-Shaper and Drill Press 22130 $6.95 Shaper Operations 21036 $7.95 Stieri Shapers 21460 $9.95

Machine Shop Practice Vol I by Moltrecht is also good. see

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have both vol I and II and they are good resources

publisher's info

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Enco sometimes has these on sale, and there are many URLs if you do a google search.

Unka' George (George McDuffee) .............................. Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be "too clever by half." The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

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F. George McDuffee

Thanks for the lead on the crank handle, requestd their catalog at Carrlane.com

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