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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2 (June 1, 1928)

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The Shaping Machine is perhaps one of the most useful tools in the modern manufacturing or repair workshop. It is called upon to cope with a large and varied range of work, and copes with the bulk of small planing jobs. It enjoys this distinction because it is capable of removing more metal from a plane surface in a given time than any other machine.

Illustration No. 1 A “Double Head” Shaping Machine after being in service for 52 years.

Illustration No. 1
A “Double Head” Shaping Machine after being in service for 52 years.

To meet the demands made on the shaping machine it is essential that a varied range of speeds and feeds be obtained, so that different metals may be treated alike so far as concerns uniformity of cut and the use of modern high speed tools.

The march of engineering science and skill in meeting this demand is shown by the two shaping machines illustrated.

Illustration No. 1 shows a “Double Head” Shaping Machine that has been in service for 52 years. This machine has three speeds and four feeds, and was considered to be quite up-to-date in its day. However, in comparison with the machine shown in illustration No. 2, its obsoleteness is apparent.

Illustration No. 2 shows a “Single Head” shaper that has replaced the “Double Head,” and it is quite capable of turning out the same amount of work with its single head. The machine has a 20in. stroke and a range of 11 to 138 strokes per minute, together with a large range of power traverse table feeds. Force feed lubrication is applied to all internal moving parts of the machine by means of a pump worked by the to and fro motion of the head.

The machine has its own motor, the drive being a short centre one enclosed in the frame and is operated upon by a friction clutch. It will also be noticed that the floor space is reduced to a minimum. The machine was made by the Cincinnatti Shaper Co., U.S.A., and its outside appearance is most pleasing to the eye.