ANTIQUE 1860 METAL SHAPER WITH OUR BUDDY ROB 

You really have to love a machine that can take whatever power you have at hand and that gets the job done. I really wish companies would still make machines like this.

Love seeing the old machines being shown and demonstrated!!!!!!!

Absolutely amazing machine. And of course we remember our buddy Rob

What a neat machine, 161 years old and still working. The engine running it is 106 years old, the hand grinder has got to be old too. What a great episode with three of my favorite guys. Too bad I live in the middle of the USA and don't get around much anymore so thanks for taking me along.

That thing is awesome. I 've the detailed explanation of it including how it moved that arm faster on the return stroke.

Awesome piece of history. Glad it did not get scrapped.

I can hear Abom getting excited

You are so right Rob is ALWAYS interesting and I bet his house is full of all types of great stuff! Thanks for another great episode!!!!!!

This is a video that Abom79 would love to see. He loves old shapers. Another great video Roadking. Thank you for bringing us along.

Rob is always full of surprises and information!

That old planer is so wicked cool I can't even find the right words. Bone freaking simple and with care will still be making chips 160 years in the future. This, is why I love old machinery. If you take care of it it will outlast a dozen owners. No freaking plastic, no batteries, no whiz bang electronic crap, just plain old mechanical goodness. Thanks for the upload RoadKing.

That tight-loose pulley transmission is slick!

Interesting to see how metal was shaped back in those times. I would say the steam train builders had many different tools like this one. Thanks Rob and RoadKing !

That is amazing` I was an Engineer in our Navy (RCN) for 21 years then as a Millwright. Love these old machines.

Wow. Interesting! Thanks for sharing this with us...happy Monday..blessings and much love to you...👍👍

The grind of the engine show circuit. Great video RoadKing.

WOW! What a great piece of history!

That is slicker than rubber socks on a Rooster 🐓. Great display Buddy, Thanks and take care

What a lovely little machine. I certainly would love a shaper like that! I certainly did not know that they were as sophisticated as that in the 1860's especially the quick return stroke

Another Engineering Marvel for its time, you guys have all the fun, how many shows you been to now RK 👍

That is some cool stuff, RK. I love seeing these old machines!👍

always good to see the roadking crew

Rob's great! Always has cool shit. Thanks roadking.

Great bit of kit, great explanation. Thanks fellas. 👍

Thanks Rob! What an amazing machine - thanks for sharing!

I have a hand grinder just like that. It was my great great grandfathers

That was cool

Super interesting.... enjoyed.

That was cool,you have very interesting videos thank you!!!

What's better than old engines and machine tools? A engine powered machine tool!

I was talking with a friend about shapers just last night, when I see him on Sunday I'll tell him about this one, I think he will love it.

VERY cool! Thanx 4 sharing.

I worked in a tool and mold shop in the '60's. The old timers called the shaper a "Scratch Mill".

I love how mike gets to watch the show. He seems to always be busy doing something. Great machine

Nice 👍. Thanks for sharing

This is so cool. Thank you for upload!

Very cool old piece of equipment. Thanks for sharing EJ.

Couple of great pieces!

Very cool share King ! I did not know they had Shapers back then . Works like it was new

That’s awesome whole different world back when that was made thanks for sharing buddy god bless everyone

Poetry in motion

..lots of old iron, looks good, stay safe...

Thanks Roady. It's always nice to see some very old machinery in good working condition. If you had the hand version of the scraper and that hand grinder you'd end up with arms like Popeye. Cheers Roady, catch you on the next one. Mart.

Love that Shaper. Good machine history lesson. Thanks for the look.

We have a similar one at Tuckahoe. Maybe at next year's show I will set it up outside like Rob did. Pretty cool!

Wow that is cool. I've never seen a shaper just marked Gould. They must have become Gould & Eberhardt at a later time.

Wow, thanks for sharing Roadking👍 never seen anything quite like it. So glad Rob brought it out and set it up for display! Sure is cool to see the equipment that made America!

Thanks for that, good stuff.

First! What a sweet machine! And a survivor. I imagine most machines of that vintage ended up in the smelter during the WWII scrap drives. Glad Rob is preserving this one.

Rob is a super nice guy. Always interesting and a good teacher. That shaper is amazing. Do more Rob videos whenever you get the chance!

Every time I see one of these old machines with all the gears and moving parts I wonder how in the world did they make those things with the tolerances they had. Fantastic show. Thanks for the video.

That shaper is sweet

One of your better videos.

Looks like I missed a great show but the races in Wauseon were top shelf

Very nice 👍 Think I need a shaper like that, most are a lot bigger than that one, it’s cool Thanks for sharing.

Yoose guys gots sum interestin' arn there. 👍

Cool manual grinding wheel!

Jacktown engines sign this song, " thub dub, thub dub.,,,,, Man RK,, that's a nice shaper. Good stuff bud.

I used to own one of those old grinders I can't remember the name but like alot of small hand powered machines of the day it was painted green that kind of almost crinkle green but it was smooth and the writing was a gold and red water transfer. I got it in a box of stuff at an auction don't know what happened to it probably left it on the farm.

eavning mate,very intressting and a lovery sound too :o)

Ut oh. Now the complainers will nag about not getting bonus video everytime you post a new video. I live in central CA and not aware of any shows or swap meets like what you guys go to. Turlock CA swap meet would be the closest but it's all car stuff. Thanks for the video

Be nice to see Keith Rucker or Abom79 do some machining with some old equipment like that.

We use to ride the shapper in trade school..it was a thing like right of passage..lol

Would you and Mike ever consider going on a tour with the fleet of briggs, maytags and your other favorite creations? It would be cool to see all the stuff yall built in person but I'm way out here in Denver :(. I bet you'd sell out of tickets pretty fast! You got a lot of fans like me out west :)

I could run that shaper all day long That is the fastest hand crank grinder I have seen

I have a federal planer from that era.

Your car is beautiful

Ohh no I can’t believe I missed you guys last weekend I was digging up my yard for rv utility’s last weekend I need to come see you guys soon so you can meet your little baby name sake are you going to any other shows within a few hours of between philly and Easton or in nj

It's pretty odd that he thinks a shaper is odd? Back in High School Machine Shop (1974-1976) one of the machines we learned to run was a shaper, as a matter of fact, the first job out of HS for me was a machine shop that made forging dies for industry. Besides sinking the impressions in the die blocks, upper and lower, the die blocks require a dovetail shank on their bottom to be able to be held in their respective power hammer. These die blocks were fairly large (2'x2') and required using a large enough planer to be able to machine the dovetails on both dies at the same time, afterwards each die would be held individually by its shank in a vise in what was a large shaper, this allowed the top face of the die blocks to be machined. Anyhow, this was my job for three years, 40 hours a week, before quitting and going off to college,, Needless to say, I became somewhat of an expert running both planer and shaper, which is why I found it somewhat incredulous when someone who supposedly interacts around machinery as a hobby doesn't recognize a shaper when he sees one?

Poor Mike was relegated to counterweight duty!

I don't think that anyone makes shapers any more. Cincinatti was the last and the best. Modern milling cutters made them obsolete.