Just returned from a six hour car ride the purpose of which was to pick up this Ammco 7" shaper. It belonged to the sellers Granfather who bought it new an only used it in his home shop.

 

We had to drag it up a flight of stairs. The sellers father who was there said he remembers carrying it down the stairs as a teenager.

 

The machine is pretty much plug and play. The electrical needs to be redone and it needs a good clean. There is a problem with the auto advance for the table which I understand is a common problem that is fairly easy to fix. The seller made me aware of this when we first talked so this came as no surprise.

 

All in all I'm a happy camper.

 

 

P.S. If anyone has fixed the auto feed on one of these I would appreciate your insights

It's a neat piece of machinery Gerry, but nothing I'm familiar with in any fashion. I was not aware Ammco made manufacturing equipment for wood? or steel. The badge sure looks the same as the automotive tooling. That said, made me do some quick research and quick learning. This thing is really cool. I have no place nor any valid use and certainly no time to even work on one, but now I want one. Anyways, I'll be following you along on this.

 

The only pieces of Ammco tooling I ever used was an old automotive brake drum lathe, headlight aiming equipment and an old school automotive front end alignment machine. All of that was over 45 years ago.

 

You probably already have found this information? All have some form of contact information to reach the owners so that might help.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/ammco/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh1Ggiyb1JA

 

By typing Ammco Shaper in the You Tube Search field I ended up with several hits...maybe they'll help.

Forgot one...

http://www.boyerfour.com/metal/ammco/ammco.htm

 

Thanks for sharing this thread Gerry...ya' "learned" me some new things. I like that.

Edited February 6, 20197 yr by Grandpadave52
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39 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

The only pieces of Ammco tooling I ever used was an old automotive brake drum lathe

We have one in the shop, have for years.  Works well.  Most of the time it is user error that causes problems.  

5 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Forgot one...

http://www.boyerfour.com/metal/ammco/ammco.htm

 

Thanks for sharing this thread Gerry...ya' "learned" me some new things. I like that.

Back in the day when I was a teen they used to shave the heads for the hotrods with a shaper like that. i.e. flat head Fords, and Plymouths, and Dodges. Not sure about the OHV GM's.

Herb

Cool piece of machinery right there Gerry.

Gerry,

Nice!!!

I'm jealous. 

I saw a similar one for sale on CL last week. It was advertised as the Rockwell model...maybe a little older than yours...didn't see a motor and condition wasn't nearly as nice as yours..$700 (US)

I can only imagine what the after photo is gonna look like. Congrats on the new addition!

The shaper is now pretty much ready to make some chips. I need to get a nice period lamp.








I made a stand that really is a representation of the original that was available from Delta as an option

I am considering making a change to how the vise is mounted. As it was not an original it had to be adapted to fit the table. The previous owner made a plate the bolted to the table. Although usable in it's present form it is almost 3/4" thick and eats up a lot of height adjustment available for this small shaper. There is room to drill and tap a couple of holes in the table itself to mount the vise. As I doubt I will ever find an original vise I think I will go ahead and make this modification.

Now, to grind some tools and get busy making chips

Oh boy! Is that ever nice. Great job. Thanks a bunch for showing us that beauty.

I agree with Gene, sure brings back memories.  Good job.

Herb

That looks like it should be an exhibit in a museum! Beautiful.

That is a lot of work, but worth it.  Results are outstanding!!!

Fantastic Gerry!

Very nice Gerry!!! 

I'm still jealous. 

Looks like the wrong bit holder. They are to have neg. rake.

That one was for a lathe.

Edited October 2, 20196 yr by Kevin Beitz