Saving a Monster Vise from the past. Metal Shaper saves the day.

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  • Опубликовано: 7 апр 2023
  • This week we machine a pair of very unique jaws for a monster Parker vise from the past. These haven't been available decades and the only way to replace missing or worn parts is to make them new. This was a job that required some special machine tools to make. I enjoyed this one!
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  • @KendrickMachineShop
    @KendrickMachineShop Год назад +91

    Thank you for doing this job for me Steve, my customer will be thrilled to get his vise back in working order. Other than hand filing for a few hours I didn't think I was going to be able to get these done for him; I now want a shaper more than ever! 😂 Really appreciate the shoutout also!

    • @sblack48
      @sblack48 Год назад +8

      Filing for a few hours? More like months!

    • @KendrickMachineShop
      @KendrickMachineShop Год назад +8

      @@dans_Learning_Curve Thank you! Absolutely, I love old cars. I will be subscribing to you as well!

    • @KendrickMachineShop
      @KendrickMachineShop Год назад +8

      @@sblack48 It would be a task, that’s for sure! After seeing the ease of this being done on a shaper, I’m sold. I’ll be on the hunt for one

    • @dans_Learning_Curve
      @dans_Learning_Curve Год назад +4

      @@KendrickMachineShop much appreciated!

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Год назад +5

      Filing for a few hours? Yes quite a few hours. I don't think I've filed that pile of shavings Steve had on the floor in my whole life. I've done some filing too.

  • @joshwalker5605
    @joshwalker5605 Год назад +1

    Shaper is the most civilized machine tool.

  • @beachcomberbob3496
    @beachcomberbob3496 Год назад +6

    Still remember the days when you and the shaper occupied the little partitioned corner of your (now) huge workshop. You've come a long way!

  • @roscocsa
    @roscocsa Год назад +3

    Man thanks for the reminder of my grandma. She was always retching out and wrenching things. I miss her and it was nice to smell those biscuits and gravy in my head again.
    Kinda feel like I better be gettin ready for church, and some football couch naps after.

  • @TomokosEnterprize
    @TomokosEnterprize Год назад +1

    Nothing new this week. This is sure worth a second visit. I hope your having a really nice weekend my dear friend.

    • @SteveSummers
      @SteveSummers  Год назад +1

      Couldn't pull it off this week. We have had a lot going on family wise the last couple weeks.

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize Год назад +1

      @@SteveSummers Never a problem my friend. I hope everything is ok now. Life sure can get complicated in a hurry eh. See you next post. Take care eh.

  • @odin-eliottodinson7330
    @odin-eliottodinson7330 Год назад +18

    Back to the classics. Machining with the shaper never gets old.
    Thank you for spending all the time it takes to make these videos.

  • @chrisfairbrother9197
    @chrisfairbrother9197 Год назад

    Nice to see a shaper being used instead of a mill. Brings back happy memories😊 . No doubt, someone will mention a wire eroder with the job stood up on end. Not quite the same.

  • @jacobc5757
    @jacobc5757 Год назад

    The rhythm of the shaper is very peaceful and it probably put me to sleep kinda like the sound of rain on the tin roof! ☝️🤠👍

    • @jacobc5757
      @jacobc5757 Год назад

      Also Steve, maybe look at getting some slippers fer the shop Foreman (I.E.- Cora) I’d hate to see her injured by a metal shavings cut in one of the videos!!😢

  • @sidetrackmetalworks2058
    @sidetrackmetalworks2058 Год назад

    There’s just something therapeutic about runnin a shaper!

  • @markoreilly3414
    @markoreilly3414 Год назад

    Something satisfying about operating a Shaper.
    Sometimes old school is still the best way.

  • @jussiharju2563
    @jussiharju2563 Год назад +3

    I love your way of thinking,those mashines are not the way things are done these days but they get the job done (Sorry for my english)

  • @N.Cognito
    @N.Cognito Год назад +5

    I've got a smaller Chas Parker vise, it's very high quality glad to see that monster vise get some love.

  • @jankjensen222
    @jankjensen222 Год назад

    What an awesome project video. Thanks Steve!

  • @j.l.emerson592
    @j.l.emerson592 Год назад

    I saw your bench grinder & got a big case of bench grinder envy... whoa!!!

  • @kentstringer4160
    @kentstringer4160 Год назад

    steve, I have about a fifty lbs Parker with jaws that look a lot like those you are making. I’ve been sharpening drill bits, saw blade. Chain saws, knives , wood boring bits, mower blades. Pipe wrenches. Nice to see your shop, tools and level of machining skill. You take it to a level that inspires me.

  • @beachcomberbob3496
    @beachcomberbob3496 Год назад

    Great to see the shaper back in action! (I'm surprised she's still talking to you after ignoring her for so long.)

  • @bulletproofpepper2
    @bulletproofpepper2 Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @billhoward4701
    @billhoward4701 Год назад

    Hadn't seen anyone use a shaper since I was a kid ! I liked running a shaper , Most shops in the North East did away with them in the 70's .

  • @mftmachining
    @mftmachining Год назад

    Excellent job, Steve.👍

  • @scrumpy179
    @scrumpy179 Год назад +1

    Takes me back with the shaper 54 years, overhead pulley drive for many machines in the workshop.

  • @haydenc2742
    @haydenc2742 Год назад +4

    Shaper work is always awesome...slow but really cool!
    Keep em coming!!!!

  • @cschwad559
    @cschwad559 Год назад

    One great this about this week’s video is an idea for another use for my shaper!

  • @TrPrecisionMachining
    @TrPrecisionMachining Год назад +1

    good video steve

  • @TheCreat
    @TheCreat Год назад +4

    As for the real cost of owning a shaper, espeically in small scale shops (or even hobby shops) isn't even the monetary price of the machine, or the low maintenance cost over time, but rather the enormous amount of space they need. While I love the idea of one, I don't think I could justify the required space it needs in comparison to getting a surface grinder for example. And quite often the machine choice for small time and hobby shops isn't "what do I want" but "what can I fit", or "if I get this, what can I not fit anymore".

  • @sblack48
    @sblack48 Год назад +2

    You are certainly bang on about shapers being cheap. They seem to go for scrap prices.

  • @raymondhorvatin1050
    @raymondhorvatin1050 Год назад

    thanks for sharing your talents

  • @carloseduardoabril1503
    @carloseduardoabril1503 Год назад

    Good morning Mr steven I apreciate your very practical teachings and accordance with our profession of machinist ,greeting from my dear colombia.

  • @notajp
    @notajp Год назад

    I know that shapers and horizontal mills have long gone out of favor for most machinists, but there are still jobs where they are the best tool for the task. Many years ago I worked in a job shop, and we still had an old horizontal mill and a smaller shaper in the shop. No, they weren’t used everyday or even every month, but there were still times when they were the perfect machine for a particular job. Would love to find a small shaper for my shop someday….

  • @flashgordon6238
    @flashgordon6238 Год назад +1

    There is quite a demand for those Parker jaws. Was thinking why doesn't he rough the bulk of the material on the mill, and then you did :)

  • @watershedwonders1744
    @watershedwonders1744 Год назад +2

    The shaper is my favorite shop tool to watch doing what it does.

  • @Dudleymiddleton
    @Dudleymiddleton Год назад +7

    Noticed you using the shaper manually, good old skool stuff! So satisfying to watch it work, producing the smoke as it goes! Also good test of that awesome do all milling machine I love the styling of it it's so 70's to 80's ultra modern! And so solid!

  • @outsidescrewball
    @outsidescrewball Год назад

    Enjoyed…great discussion/build

    • @SteveSummers
      @SteveSummers  Год назад

      Thanks Chuck, it's always great to see you. I'm checking out your video this morning 👍

  • @AirfixLtd
    @AirfixLtd Год назад +4

    Happy Easter Steve, Elizabeth and family.
    Best wishes from Wales in the UK.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Год назад

      Yes I guess our president is hiding his own eggs today, isn't he? He won't know where any of them are by dinner time today I'm sure.

  • @marcosmota1094
    @marcosmota1094 Год назад +3

    Hah, I too thought of lifting the original/template off the surface with a spacer to leave some extra! I'm an IT guy that's been watching solid machining videos for three years! Must be learning from great teachers *-)

  • @martharodgers7073
    @martharodgers7073 Год назад

    ❤we enjoy your videos

  • @wizrom3046
    @wizrom3046 Год назад

    "We don't need no new fangled CNC machines, we dun got a big ol' Cincinnati whitlin' machine" 😁
    Awesome video.
    I don't have the patience to stand next to a shaper for 4 hours. I would be CNCing that shaper real quick, complete with oil drip feed. 🤔😎

  • @MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc
    @MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc Год назад +2

    The joys of shaper work! OK, you can't make money with it, but it sure is versatile!

  • @THEIRONWORKER
    @THEIRONWORKER Год назад +1

    Steve your old shaper is still showing a lot of nice scraping on the ram . That's a good job for a shaper . And it does take a lot of practice to grind your own tools but it can be done and you can make just what you want

  • @geoffkeeler5106
    @geoffkeeler5106 Год назад +4

    Of course you're absolutely right about grinding your own tools Steve. Apart from the money saved it's very satisfying to get on with a job using tools you've ground yourself, and they don't need to be the perfect profile, it's all part of learning about various aspects of the trade. Thanks for the video!

  • @J8MORS
    @J8MORS Год назад +2

    Nice project, looks great.

  • @Uncleroger1225
    @Uncleroger1225 Год назад +3

    Good Saturday Mornin Steve, Cora, and Grits! I always enjoy watching you solve a difficult task with simple solutions and not afraid to switch horses in mid stream. Thanks for the endorsement of Hi-speed steel. Carbide is good for production. Us amitures are better served by HSS. Quin always recommonded that too. Thanks for another inspiring Saturday mornin. God Bless!

    • @TomokosEnterprize
      @TomokosEnterprize Год назад +2

      One thing about carbide is that interrupted cuts tend to break them. They just can't take the shock loading that high speed can.

  • @ronwhite6719
    @ronwhite6719 Год назад +6

    Great explanation of setup and tooling, Steve. Sometimes, it makes a difference to the finished part.

  • @TomokosEnterprize
    @TomokosEnterprize Год назад +2

    Oh how I loved doing these one off jobs like this. Seeing the shaper back up and dusted off is great. I love the rhythm. There are so many things a shaper can do the other mills etc can do. I share your passion for them. I have the same Baldor grinder I restored (Mostly paint).It seems to take forever to stop turning when shut off. It is without any vibration as well. I have only had to set/face the stones sides once and the faces seem to last forever between tuning. I got it from an overstock sale for $35.00 CDN. I should have bought 10 of them for gifts. Isn't hindsight so nice and clear, LOL. Once again my friend this time with you has passed far too quickly. All the best to you and all of yours. Little Cora have built a wonderful relationship. It is always nice to see her there with you. Thanks a bunch and hope to see you in another week.

  • @columjevens4612
    @columjevens4612 Год назад +5

    Shapers are such a great machine, brilliant to see it do its work so well . 👍

  • @glennmoreland6457
    @glennmoreland6457 Год назад

    Great video...
    Shaper work...
    ☹🇬🇧

  • @KUGW
    @KUGW Год назад

    cool video, thanks again....

  • @calphis
    @calphis Год назад +1

    Love the calm energy and background information. Great watch for someone who might be just getting into machining in the modern age and doesn't know what these older machines can do. I have a 24" 105 year old Leblond lathe. Even being limited to 300rpm, I can still make most anything needed and achieve great surface finishes even on small parts, with things like shear tools and bull noses, and some good old fashioned hand finishing with file and emery. Hand grinding HSS tools is a dying art that serves the small shop really well! Thanks for taking the time to publish this.

  • @milt7348
    @milt7348 Год назад

    Stay safe.

  • @edsmachine93
    @edsmachine93 Год назад +1

    Very nice work Steve.
    You and your Shaper came through to save the day.
    Great project.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Take care, Ed.

  • @jamesreed6121
    @jamesreed6121 Год назад

    I like it! It is always a winner when you bring out the old shaper and play. Nice solution! KOKO!

  • @ehamster
    @ehamster Год назад +5

    Could your bandsaw rough out the shape? Thinking hold the piece vertically and cut out a square off waste. Would give you a couple of useful a2 off cuts.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred Год назад

      A saw is another operation and a sketchy one at that. Better to not get involved. It's not worth what the offcut would be worth to do.

  • @bearsrodshop7067
    @bearsrodshop7067 Год назад +10

    Being a Shaper owner and fan, love that you and others teaching videos are most helpful. One day my Klopp 450 will get reassembled and up and making chips. One thing I learn from others, was to have the cutting forces going towards the fixed jaw of the vice? But your vice is a beast, and when cutting the 15deg towards the clamping jaw, the part never moved. Thx Steve, this one added more to the ole memory bank on grinding tooling as well. thx Buddy. PS - at 24:29, that Stink Bug was checking out you grinding the tool. If you want them to leave the shop or house, place Horse Apples out side and in corners of the shop. It with also attract scorpions, and spiders. The acid from the apples will kill them. Bear.

    • @Hoaxer51
      @Hoaxer51 Год назад +1

      Hey Bear, what’s a horse apple? In Ohio we use hedge apples (Osage orange fruit) to get rid of spiders, scorpions don’t bother us up north here. Lol
      We might be talking about the same thing.

    • @PhotogNT
      @PhotogNT Год назад +2

      You may have seen this already,
      Cutting Edge Engineering CEE RUclips Channel, has a KLOPP 1000 H shaper they are renovating for their Engineering Shop just thought you may like to check it out.

    • @royreynolds108
      @royreynolds108 Год назад +2

      @@Hoaxer51 You are. Here in East Texas, they are B'ois Darc (Boh Dark). The fruit or seed pods look like a big green orange with a surface like a brain. The tree has thorns on its limbs.

    • @Hoaxer51
      @Hoaxer51 Год назад +1

      @@royreynolds108, Yep, that’s it.

    • @charlesangell_bulmtl
      @charlesangell_bulmtl Год назад +1

      @@PhotogNT I WILL , Thanks👍 More blooper material
      Kurtis does nice work

  • @jackgreen412
    @jackgreen412 Год назад +1

    Kind of like watching grannies' old wringer washing machine. Used one back in college and took a while to figure it out. That was on my inexperience

  • @220years7
    @220years7 Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @cullendolan5619
    @cullendolan5619 Год назад +1

    That shaper is so satisfying to watch.

  • @1pcfred
    @1pcfred Год назад +1

    I think Steve could make himself a fancy tool rest for his bench grinder. One of them multi axis adjustable tool rests where he can set compound angles on it. Maybe get a tool room wheel for it too? A nice North white wheel or something?

  • @irritantno9
    @irritantno9 Год назад

    I’ve heard you can make anything you want with a shaper except money. I think I can confirm this now

  • @jobos98
    @jobos98 Год назад

    Nice Work

  • @dennissheridan1550
    @dennissheridan1550 Год назад

    Steve, me thinks you need to hunt up the vertical auto feed attachment for the Cincinnati, it would relieve you of standing there with your arm in the air. 😁

  • @noelhenderson7337
    @noelhenderson7337 Год назад

    Good to see the apprentice shop dog is learning the ropes, ie. stay away from spinning sharp things and flying hot chips. Good girl

  • @Dudleymiddleton
    @Dudleymiddleton Год назад +1

    Happy Easter to you all from the UK Cambridgeshire fens! Nice shaper work!

  • @jonathangriffin1120
    @jonathangriffin1120 Год назад +6

    Hi Steve, in my humble opinion the good old shaper is the most underrated machine tool on the planet, a well set up shaper in good condition can shift a lot of metal very quickly, if the tool loses its edge, a couple of minutes on the off-hand grinder will soon sort things out. You and Cora are starting to get like Scott and Frankers up there in Alberta. Here's wishing you and your family a Very Happy Easter from Somerset, England.

    • @stevefarley7014
      @stevefarley7014 Год назад +1

      They say it will make anything but a profit.

    • @charlesangell_bulmtl
      @charlesangell_bulmtl Год назад +1

      @@stevefarley7014 I'd guess Steve has overcome that niggling detail with the number of subs he has.
      Can you imagine doing the bulk with an abrasive cut off wheel, I could...

  • @scroungasworkshop4663
    @scroungasworkshop4663 Год назад +1

    Awesome, I’ve always loved using the shaper, it’s kind of mesmerising. Cheers, Stuart🇦🇺

  • @gbentley8176
    @gbentley8176 Год назад +1

    Excellent post, good to be taken through your thinking before cutting chips. Best wishes from the UK.

  • @lecnac855
    @lecnac855 Год назад

    Well done with an old machine that has not forgotten how to do it. 👍

  • @patrickcolahan7499
    @patrickcolahan7499 Год назад

    Nice to see some machine work again. Thanks for sharing.

  • @elsdp-4560
    @elsdp-4560 Год назад +1

    Thank you for sharing. Very nice work.👍

  • @RB-yq7qv
    @RB-yq7qv Год назад +2

    Hi Steve. I love my shaper the best machine in the shop. It might be slow but it's great to sit with a brew and watch it do it's thing. The Jaws turned out great.

  • @jamesmorris3175
    @jamesmorris3175 Год назад +1

    Nice! Great to see the versatility of the big shaper.

  • @WilliamTMusil
    @WilliamTMusil Год назад

    Hiya Steve

  • @carlengstrom8029
    @carlengstrom8029 Год назад +1

    I watch you, CEE, vintage Machinery and Squash

  • @ratt727
    @ratt727 Год назад +1

    Well done!

  • @cogentdynamics
    @cogentdynamics Год назад

    So fun to see that beautiful shaper working! Fun video for sure. Thanks!

  • @Rustinox
    @Rustinox Год назад

    On the shaper you can make whatever you want. Just go for it!

    • @SteveSummers
      @SteveSummers  Год назад +1

      You do well on your shaper. They get it done

  • @hilltopmachineworks2131
    @hilltopmachineworks2131 Год назад

    Nice to see the old shaper peeling some chips.

  • @thomream1888
    @thomream1888 Год назад

    Steve - when you make it look this easy... we KNOW we are watching a Master! Some people will watch this and think "shoot, that looks easy, even I could do that." Well, I'm not a machinist and never played one on TV, but after watching this channel for many years I'll tell you what - these are some mad skills right here! Those that are machinists or have been watching Steve will confirm this. Well Done!

  • @AdamsAdams-fc1ld
    @AdamsAdams-fc1ld Год назад +1

    Thank you Steve for my shaper fix, Adam no longer makes videos with his shaper now that he is getting into CNC. Not disrespecting Adam but I love the old machines and the shaper is my favorite.

  • @PracticallyMint
    @PracticallyMint Год назад

    I have two of these Chas Parker vises, one large, one smaller. Both need the jaws redone in them. This was exactly what I needed to see, now I just need to grind some tooling for my Atlas 7B and get busy. Thanks for sharing this one!

  • @harlech2
    @harlech2 Год назад +1

    Nice job, Steve!

  • @cipov3434
    @cipov3434 Год назад

    Great video Steve! Thanks

  • @wmwho
    @wmwho Год назад

    Always exciting to see more of the shaper! I have always found those things fascinating. Thanks for the great video Steve!

  • @phooesnax
    @phooesnax Год назад +1

    Nice job.

  • @leeroyholloway4277
    @leeroyholloway4277 Год назад +1

    Ive been using my old Lewis shaper to deck the anvil platen on a small Wilton vise restoration. It's unusual that a machine as large as your Cincinnati would not have an auto downfeed provision.

  • @thaavatar743
    @thaavatar743 Год назад

    one of the best uve done in a long time. love it

  • @mdvener
    @mdvener Год назад +1

    Amazing job so far. Looking good. Can't wait to see the finished product. Keep up the great work that you do. Later.

  • @ronmurphy9819
    @ronmurphy9819 Год назад

    I really want to thank you for your content, also for your previous response to me. I know you can’t do it all so it means a lot to me. Thanks from a ret vet!

  • @UKDrew
    @UKDrew Год назад +1

    Awesome as Always...Really cool project thx for sharing.Happy Easter from the UK

  • @johnmccanntruth
    @johnmccanntruth Год назад

    Those were some nice looking jaws in the end. I would have assumed putting them on the mill, that worked pretty well.

  • @t.d.e.plasticmodeling6395
    @t.d.e.plasticmodeling6395 Год назад +1

    Ready to go for a new edition!💪😊

  • @robertschauer376
    @robertschauer376 Год назад +1

    Nicely done Steve. Cora has turned into quite the shop dog!

  • @el1260
    @el1260 Год назад

    greate video. Love watching peoples working on old machines.
    I just bought myself a Shaper, it was really cheep, but really heavy...
    It has a 500 mm stoke (about 24 inch).

  • @jackgreen412
    @jackgreen412 Год назад +1

    Always good content!

  • @randythomas8589
    @randythomas8589 Год назад

    most exelent video Steve every time i see you use the shaper just makes me want to get one

  • @ryebis
    @ryebis Год назад +1

    Grinding colbalt hss without mask, take care of your health mate. Be well.

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung Год назад +1

    Morning Steve 😂. Nice episode 👍

  • @elmarqo_3448
    @elmarqo_3448 Год назад

    When you were showing us the arc of the tool bit on the return I wondered how well it would work on the short side 15 degree angle.

  • @bcbloc02
    @bcbloc02 Год назад

    The shaper saves the day!

  • @samrodian919
    @samrodian919 Год назад +10

    First! Now I've watched it lol A really good reason to own a shaper Steve, I can't see any other way of doing that job without as you said custom grinding a big horizontal milling cutter and of course you need a horizontal mill as well lol The internal shape came out really well and no doubt they will look and fit perfectly, then for Logan to finish it out completely. Cheers from the UK Mate, Sam

  • @shabbafranks1
    @shabbafranks1 Год назад

    I'm no machinist at all but I love watching your your content wouldn't miss for the world

  • @leaflee2066
    @leaflee2066 Год назад +1

    I've missed watching the shaper make chips.