I could not find the shaper so what I will do is copy them and upload them. Some of their files can be found on the vintage machinery web site.

William the companies name was The Pootatuck Corporation originally in Stratford Conn. Having seen some other drawings on the vintage machinery list for this company not so hesitant to share what I have.Īnd to answer your questions I am not sure castings are not available somewhere but they are going to be hard to find given the age I think these drawings are. It will probably take a couple of days for me to get them posted. You will also begin to see some of the differences in the gingery construction and this unit. The unit is a six inch shaper but its probably possible to take the dimensions and upscale it. The bull gear and pinion are a bit fuzzy and not presented well but the info is there to make it. Since its an old school drawing it might be fun to put it into a three D model like solid works. I really don't remember where I came across them most likely in a web search. Good luck.Ĭlick to expand.William the companies name was The Pootatuck Corporation originally in Stratford Conn. I will certainly keep a eye on the development of this subject. But the project still remains at the bottom of my wish list. I actually think with the advancement of Arduino, stepping motors that the index system could be made better. And finally I have given some thought as to not trying to copy the legacy form of a shaper as what is important is a good ram, table and index control. I would post the blue prints for the kit but a little leery of violating copy rights. I also joined a makerspace which has two milling machines. At this point in time I am going to concentrate on a milling machine. It was a better design but have not found the time to get motivation back to work with it. So put it aside and found the plans for a kit that no longer exists. However, I was not happy with the chain drive nor confident of the control and index mechanism. Like you I considered the idea of fabricating it out of steel but using a cnc mill which would eliminate the castings. I have the Gingery drawings, and I'm sure they would be enough to make someting from using steel, welding and bolts.Ī few years ago I explored building a gingery metal shaper. I would need a larger shaper, I thimpfks, anyway and of course, that would be way too big. ONce I get the hed out of the way, I'll have room to move around in as normal but not any room for a shaper. I am presently trying to put the hed on the mill-this takes up all the extra room, even bits of room that I need. In my opinion, a used Logan is worth far more than any brand-new Chinese machine.Įventually, I would like to build one, but at the moment, I have so little room in my garage that I trip over stuff just trying to get to my lathe. There are still plenty of them out there. In that case, I would look for a used 8' or 12' Logan. But perhaps the OP needs something more sizeable. Small enough that it will never be in the way, but large enough for anything I might want to make. I envision the Strong Arm as quietly sitting, bolted to one end of a work bench, and ready to turn out a small part at a moment's notice. I have never gotten anywhere near the capacity of my 8' Logan shaper. It is mostly small parts for my small locomotives. Just order steel bars and plate in the dimensions you want, and bolt or weld everything together.īut I think the 4' shaper will be plenty big for the work I do. With a shaper, you want plenty of extra weight.

I think you could just get a set, and blow them up so it fits a 6' pattern, and like you say, build it all from solid steel parts. I have the drawings that came with the metal casting kit from Martin Model and Pattern, for the 4' Strong Arm Shaper.

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