Metal Shaper Monday - Bubba's Brass Block 

And that's when he started wondering... how could I live so long without a shaper?

Great, lovely old machine working. Thanks for sharing

I really enjoy watching the shaper work, it is very relaxing. The block turned out great

Looking good Dean, addictive isn't it???? I could quite happily see myself to retirement working this machine every day!!! Not going to happen so I will just need to wait for retirement to get my fix lol. I have managed 0.04” depth of cut in mild steel with 2 clicks (0.01") stepover, that was right on the limit. Cheers, Jon

And now you have brass clips to make Christmas ornaments with too 👍🤔. May your Holidays be full of cheers and great family times👍👍🎄🐻

You got the angles of the shear tool dialed in. 👍

Very much enjoying the shaper Monday posts. I'm about 1/2 way through rebuilding a SB 7" shaper, and your videos are a good incentive for finishing, as well as helping me to get started when done. Thanks!

Looks a lot better. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

Great finish off that sheer tool. Quiet as well producing those curly 'chips'.....Tony

Nothing like a 7 inch shaper I have a south bend good stuff

I'd say that was a dam good day at the spas for that little guy, hes looking better than ever lol! I've been looking for an Atlas shaper, I want to refinish one and get it looking and running just like your, thats a beautiful machine! Even on the lathe those shear tools give a great finish

Deano, nothing like some shaper action…. Satisfying 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Looks good, and when you do figure what to do with it, no need to square up the stock. Cheers!

That was fun ! Brass just gives

Nice clean up Dean.

Nice work!

Looks amazing!! I'm no expert by any means, but I think your timing is off. From what I understand, you want the table to traverse at the end of the forward stroke. That way the tool drags over the uncut part on the back stroke. From the slow-motion video, it looks like your table traverses right before the forward stroke or during the back stroke. You may want to ask Rusty on that. Once again, great looking part!

Enjoyed…beauty!!

Looks good, works fine and lasts a long time! I really appreciate your videos. It really helps me getting to know my SB 7" Shaper. I wrote to you previously about the sticking clapper. I got it unstuck and it seems to be working good. So far I have only worked with mild steel and aluminum. I get real good finishes on aluminum. With the mild steel the finish is okay but I think I can do better. I thought I knew about grinding HSS bit from my experience with my lathe. But, I find that the Shaper requires a bit more refinement. In short I'm still learning a lot. One question I have for you, the table on the 7" SB Shaper has Straight slots but no "T" slots, is this the way they are supposed to be? Keep the shaper videos coming, the more chips and swarf the better. KOKO!

I was going to say this would be faster with a mill and a fly-cutter, but I can't argue with that straight off the table finish... How long did it take to square this block up?

I dunno, seems more like cosmetic surgery than a spa treatment... ;)