Photo Index - South Bend Lathe Works - 7" Bench Shaper

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South Bend Lathe Works
South Bend, IN

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Shaper, Metal
Machine Size:	7"
Submitted By:	Tim Crane

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	7" Bench Shaper
Date of Manufacturer:	1958
Serial Number:	SH105835-7S8B
Last Updated	3/18/2021 11:28:09 AM

Comments:

Local eagle eyes alerted me by group email to this CL ad posting 34 minutes in, at 36 minutes my text to PO got me first in line. I left work and went by Lyft to Vancouver (yes, poaching across state lines again). PO had upgraded his shop and seldom/never used this machine. It was in his friends engine tuning shop, so I was denied the pleasure of talking to the owner himself. Apparently he had gotten it from a model railroad guy who put a few hours on it machining brass. I too thought the term "plug-and-play" was a theoretical construct and yet this seems to be the genuine article. Hope is to wipe off the grime, change the oil and learn its ways by making some chips.

Photo 1:

Comments: Shaper side view
Source: from CL ad

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Photo 2:

Comments: Shaper as found
Source: smartphone

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Photo 3:

Comments: dirty shaper
Source: smartphone

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Comments: front view shaper
Source: CL ad photo

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Comments: other side view
Source: CL ad

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