Boxford 8" Shaper Feed Problem

Tighten the gib's up.

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John Stevenson Nottingham, England.

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Hi, Tighten the two nuts on the end of the feedscrew also make sure there is not ridges or grooves in the ratchet pawl. Regards. Ben

Hope I'm not stating the obvious, eggs sucking etc. .. but ...

That last line suggests there might not be a fault at all ? When I first got my shaper I had something similar, but what I do automatically these days is wind out by hand, wind in by hand, in the direction wanted, then engage the feed. i.e. sort of prime the feed .... it only takes a second.

Cheers, Peter W.

Thanks very much John

Tightening up the gibs did the trick, easy when you know how, grea stuff, thanks again Chris Ros

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Thanks also to Peter and Ben, what a great system, only joined yesterda

and I have a solution to my problem already.

Chris Ros

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Didn't get the original message, so I have to answer here. Does the feed-screw rotate a bit back and forth when the feed is engaged? If so, readjust the feedscrew. I guess it has too much play and needs to have some resistance to rotate it for the feed to work properly.

But I might be wrong.

Nick