There are too many people in this world lacking mechanical sympathy, that somehow get their hands on tools and machine tools, causing generally unneccessary levels of stress for the rest of us. Still - here we are and another machine brought back from the verge of destruction. Excellent!

It's like being in the shop with grandpa and he's teaching us about machines. Reliving my childhood agqin.

Max, I enjoy your work! Practical, no added theater; just get it done! Thank you Max!

Great lessons as maint. due. Also, I take note of how well the scraping was done in past *manufacture and assembly. All along the tasks, how a focus of inspection to movement is a key part of re-assembly with accurate check and re-check. Quite all the effort to best performance as tool meets job and chip metrics. Properly schooled, I am heading for my workshop with a renewed energy and safety glasses. To fire up my old relic as a South bend lathe as not so much for any paying job as more to enjoy craftsmanship. It is fitted as an upgrade with a very nice quality 3 jaw chuck. My thinking as influenced where best simplicity might benefit workpiece .Thank's Max, for the great videos. *M.

Amazing what care and perseverance can bring out of an old but indestructible machine !

Max, I really like your machine repair videos. You do a great job explaining how each machine works and your repairs are always spot on. Looking forward to part two!

A shaper and a tool cutter grinder… Oh and a surface grinder.. and maybe a lathe tool grinder…. Well maybe a horizontal mill too. Just a couple more machines I need. But I don’t have the room yet. Need to build the barn first. But “baby steps” as they say I guess. Either way I still enjoy watching you go at it. It’s interesting to see how things work and how things are made anyhow. Another great video Sir. Thank you once again. 🍻

A man and his shaper, doing stuff that needs to be done. Carry on, sir.

I never seen anyone tackle with yoke mechanism before, Very impressive.

Always educational, always interesting.

Hi Max, Cork and felt on a machine tool, who would have thought that after 100 plus years that they were still the best method of wiping. Those guys knew a thing or two. Looking forward to seeing a chip or two. Best wishes, Mal.

Good job as usual . We expect great things .. thanks for sharing

Hello Max. Until you mentioned the blanking screws/plugs @ 40 mins, I was totally confused. I was saying - how can this work? Good fix with the shim. I really enjoy watching you put your wealth of experience and knowledge to work before our eyes. Much appreciated. Thanks.

Listening to your descriptions and how you work takes me back to my childhood days in the 60’s you’re just like my dad. Cock in a shirt sleeve was something my dad used to say. 👍

No power but Max finds a repair without electricity. Always has a great understanding of mechanics. While the rest of the population is going to bunnings, max just makes it.

G'day Max, only just popped up in my feeds, sat down with Chook for tea, pants o'clock on a summers day 😂 happy days mate

ive been on the lookout for a shaper, not many shops have them but mine will. love the work max

G'day Max, looking forward to your take on inspection and tune up of the shaper. Hopefully i will pick up some tips for mine even if it is only 1/2 the size Odd that an Italian machine has BSW

Looks like a pretty decently thought out and built machine. My 18" Elliott does not have a built-in oil system, the machine is total loss, you fill all the oil cups before and during use and the oil gradually flows through the machine and drips out on the floor, but then it is British so its playing to type. It does have one handy feature, that being that is possible to pass a 70mm dia bar through the machine under the ram.

Hi from Nacogdoches, Texas. This is shaping up to be a great video.

Excellent job mate.

Hi max, thanks for another awesome video, From kiwi land

Max, in case you don't have a foundation drawing for *your* shaper, you can find copies of the foundation drawings for Cincinnati Shapers on Vintage Machinery. You obviously don't need their Parts Lists, Operator's Manuals, Service manuals, or Setup manuals, but they are there too for Cincinnati Shapers. I'm pointing them out only because I have to ASSuME that these big shapers are all very similar in construction/operation. Thumbs up! ;)

as another viewer said I enjoy watching you repair the old machines.in the shop. I think they are as good or better than when they were new. I voting for you to not only cut the sides in the shaper but cut the "V" on the shaper as well. KOKO!

There's at least ONE problem, and possibly TWO with this machine's crank throw adjustment: The carriage that slides in the yoke, has no defined stop(think of the wedged gib as you would a lathe cross slide(Always clamped/adjusted at BOTH ENDS). Possibly second is the tail end support of the adjustment screw. - the screw MUST ALWAYS BE RIGID, but free to adjust(think lathe lead screw). If it has no support(dead or live(rotating support), then change it - machine tool manufacturers get things wrong too. For machines like this(high impact/transient loads, require HIGH TACK/COMPRESSION OILS. If specifically blended oils are a problem, then use. 90 grade GEAR(Yes it stinks and is as toxic as hell) oil mixed with 30-50 grade hydraulic oils until your satisfied. Keep up. The great posts.. Ps I exclaimed "crap", just before I was pleasantly surprised when you said it(gotta love YT algos)! 👍👍👍

Max this is going to be a great series for us Shaper fans. I need to take my 7" Southbend apart and fix a clogged oil line also. Pump works fine but only one side gets oil as it should. You are certainly right about them being open. Jon from Jon's Workshop had one that was full of swarf when he took it apart. I will be stuck to this series like glue to a fly strip.

Yup, that should stop its farting in church! 😜 Another fascinating video Max. One by one you will bring these machines back to fully operational. Keep up the good work. 👍

Maxi, always enjoy your tool repairs / setups. Great demo for maintaining the equipment. Thanks!

Great job Max. . pretty amazing how you figure out what is right and what is wrong and the best part, how you decide to fix it. . and it all works great. .

Great video max the slotter we had would still be working if you were in are shop 👍👍👍

Braziliense Machine. God job Max.

thats a good repair max ! you always go for the extra mile about reparing stuff, i like that ! cheers ben.

Love the content - keep it coming

Your diagnostic skills are up to snuff eh. The few times you've been around the block have learned you a thing or two. Good content Max. That shaper appears to be a good one. Your machine inventory seems to be class a stuff. Obviously you have an eye for the good used machines. You've put together a great shop mate that any , machinist worth his salt would be happy to work in. Goes to show that experience is invaluable and that young folk need to look to guys like you more often to learn, but it seems the CNC world turned its nose up at manual machining, which is stupid cause CNC was built on the mannual machining. This world is heading in some strange directions that make me scratch my head a lot. This new generation has access to more information than any other, but seems to be getting stupider. Good show Max!

Nice video Max, enjoyed it, Thanks--- Mike,Loving,Texas

G'day Max. Excellent Tutorial Video on being very meticulous on how to diagnose & repair or adjust your shaper. With the oil grub screw / valve, the oil leaking past the threads vertically, wondering if a minimal sized Neoprene or similar material washer be fitted around the grub screw. I realise you used the alloy strip that appeared to solve the problem. Excellent overall job, Well Done. 👍🏻

Nice camera work, Max.

Hey Max great Job.

Olá amigo gostei de mais este trabalho!!! Boa sorte sempre!!!

Great video.

Nice work Max, enjoyed watching. Cheers Tony

👍👍😎👍👍 Banging good job ! Cheers Max

good video friend max

A job well done. 👍

Great videos !!

The shaper does not seem like it has had alot of use. Looking forward to more on it. Cheers

Thank you Max!

Hi Max, hate oil leaks, glad you fixed it and the over adjusted slider block. Wondering if the wedge on the slider block moved during operation, surely someone wouldn't adjust it that tight? Need something like a MC cover to throw over her to prevent any foreign objects going into the sump when not in use.

> nice going there max, thumbs.

Pretty appropriate Whitworth fasteners on the Whitworth invented Bull Gear Crank shaper mechanism……. Those old tools take us back Max….Were they your Dads ?

It will be interesting to see how much sag the ram has at full stroke. Also, will be interesting to see how you measure it.

thanks for the video

I really enjoy these videos. Never ceases to amaze me of the way past owners make adjustments to kit that are not required, or fail to put them back together correctly, that oiling port in the top port was a prime example, maybe the machine was reassembled by a different person to the one that stripped it down... We'll never know :) Do you have a date of manufacture for your machine?

Looks like the Zocca is ready to peal some chips.

Thx for the vid.

I’d love a shaper. Trying to find one (that’s not absolutely munted)within 1000 km of Bundaberg seems to be exercise in frustration.

Max couldn’t further screwing in the set screw on the top part of the oil galley adjust the oil flow through the tube? Unless I’m mistaken it’s like a cruciform where the oil comes up, the tube that you adjusted goes across and is fed with 2 set screws blocking the path from the top and operation side of the machine.

Great diagnosis, dissection and repair, that thrust washer is strange as you state, is the external radius to fling oil? Good catch on the adjustable gib cross lube tube, possibly in hindsight felt packing couod be used? Strange that BSF threads are used, didn't think England travelled to South America 🤔 lol. Thanks for sharing

It's nice to see that th the machine has almost no wear. I don't think it has many flight hours.

Max could you give a brief explanation why you use a shaper over milling

Max, I must admit I’m disappointed 😤 where’s the calendar girl today? 😍.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

If the hole on the dovetail is too small for the amount of oil being pumped to it, why not just adjust the valve for that tube down slightly until the input matches the output? It is there a pressure requirement that prevents that?

Max, the ram adjustment side didn't seem to be getting anywhere near the same amount of oil that the other side did. Is that going to be a problem down the line?

Thanks Max, what type of oil is used in those as I am sure a gear oil might be too thick and with the stroke mechanism, I have not been able to fully understand how the fast return of the ram acts, I know it has something to do with the bull gear but just puzzled as to how. I came across a shaper that did this the wrong way round an had a slow return. Thanks.

Max do you reckon it is lack of knowledge by the previous operator or owner in the adjustment or the I don't care attitude ? Good onya

Shaper..mmm 👍!

Can you reduce the flow at the needle valves at the oil pump Max ?