Subject: Re: Q: AMMACO 7" Shaper price?

From: 73744,2077/GO:[email-masked]
Date: 30 Apr 1996 04:55:23 GMT

In <[email-masked]>, Alan Reinhart <[email-masked]> writes:
>Greetings!
>
>Saw an AMMACO (?) 7" shaper at a flea
>market. It looked used but in pretty good
>shape. They were asking $700 for it - wondering
>if this is a good price.
>
>Also - could any old-timers out there comment on
>what the working capacity of a 7" shaper would be?
>Can you do much usefull work, or is it too small.
>
>Regards -
>
>=Alan R.
>[email-masked]

Alan,

I have a 7" Ammco shaper.  It is a fine little machine.  

My dad bought it for me a couple of years ago for about $150.00.   Shaper's 
not in high demand now.  However it is quite useful for small machining jobs.

I think $700 is very steep for that shaper.  For not to much more you can pick
up a rebuildable vertical mill.

Dave

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From: Alan Reinhart <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 16:33:23 -0400

Greetings!

Regards -

=Alan R.
[email-masked]

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From: Charlie Greenman <[email-masked]>
Date: 3 May 1996 13:01:45 GMT

I have a 7" South Bend shaper and use it a lot.

A 7" machine is a good size for model making and
general homeshop I think.

I agree with previous though... $700 is a LOT of
money to pay for a shaper. They seem to be in
vogue right now but perhaps that won't last. I
paid $200 for mine in good shape with having to
do some work on it but not much. For what it's
worth....

Charlie

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From: [email-masked] (Russ Kepler)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 21:31:47 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>do some work on it but not much. For what it's

I saw a listing for an Atlas 7" in "Machinery Supermart" asking for
$1050.  Kind of pricey if you ask me.  I paid $250 for mine less than
a year ago and all it's missing is the runner assembly, and seems to
be overkill for the size of work done on these little shapers.  I'll
make one up one of these days.

-- 
Russ Kepler posting from home  [email-masked]

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