Fantastic job on restoring the old iron!Those old machines are so mesmerizing to watch. Almost like looking at the inner workings of an old clock in action. I hope you put her to good use.

Very nice machine. You were lucky to find one with the legs. You can make anything with a shaper except money. Good Luck, Rick

Nicely done! You really brought that thing back to life.

What a nice addition to your workshop... the restoration look very good, well done

Wonderful work getting it going and looking good ! Very nice old machine .. ENJOYED

Congratulations! Nothing quite as exciting as new machine day. And I am biased, but the shaper is my favorite machine to run. Maybe you have heard it before, but it is often said that you can make absolutely anything on a shaper other than a dollar. Wonderful machines to have. If you're not already very familiar with them, it's really worth getting some reprints of the old instructional manuals. There's a lot of very unusual setups with a shaper that are not necessarily intuitive. I know an unfortunate amount of shaper owners who never bothered to learn the geometry of The clapper box and how to best use it to your advantage. It's really an amazingly diverse tool, you can put all kinds of things in it. I've even been known to use a slotting lathe tool when I needed an unusually precise edge on a 24 in piece of aluminum, use it in lieu of a bandsaw and following up with an end Mill. Really fantastic machines once you learn their little quirks. But specifically look for a reprint of an older manual, the new ones leave out a lot of set up explanation especially focusing on The clapper box. I don't have a great deal of experience but my 29 inch Cincinnati has a remarkably good manual. Although lately I have found a few resources online that sell full service manuals in digital format usually for about $12. I personally prefer the paper manuals, but even the bootlegs are typically over $100, it might be worth it to get the digital version and just print out the exploded views or other particularly complex portions?

Very nice! As MrPete says, you can make anything on a shaper except money.

Awesome! Mine is still in pieces from the move. I hope to be getting it together soon. Great job....

Excellent !! Thank you. Im Learning to

That’s a sweet little machine

Dang you and Jster both have a shaper now. Where's mine? Great find and nice restoration. Enjoyed the demonstration, too.

Nice job. Looks and operates like new.

Very nice job on that baby.

I have one that I did some restoration on about 15 years ago I have used it to make T slot blocks and other things...

I love these old manual machining... machines lol. I'm not quite sure what it is about them, maybe it's how the guy operating it has to be one with the machine to master it - similar to welding, it eventually the gun/torch/electrode holder becomes as well understood to you as your hand.

You can make anything with a shaper, except money. Great tool for the hobby shop though!