Photo Index - J. D. Wallace & Co. - no. 28 shaper

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Manufactured/Badged by:
J. D. Wallace & Co.
Chicago, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Shaper, Wood
Machine Size:	1/2"
Submitted By:	Tim Crane

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	no. 28 shaper
Date of Manufacturer:	1930s?
Serial Number:	28-156 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	1/1/2024 12:16:09 PM

Comments:

Bought it in 2016 from a chap who purchased a local OWWMr's estate. It has a 3 phase 1 1/2HP motor turning a 1/2" spindle. Missing the fence but has the cutter guard. The top is steel on a cast iron frame. Wallace Shaper No.28 is cast in to the machine, and on all 4 sides of the base the word Wallace. Spindle is damaged and bent- prognosis as yet unknown. The machine has tags from the Oregon School for the Deaf and from the Oregon Historical Society.
Edit: rebuilt spindles added. Fence added from a parted out shaper. Now running with a vfd.

Photo 1:

Comments: As landed in my shop
Source: my nikon

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Photo 2:

Comments: capstan wheel to raise the table, table lock, spindle lock and furnas switch shown
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Photo 3:

Comments: machine tag
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