Subject: Re: Adapting a Shaper for Sawing

From: Charlie Greenman <[email-masked]>
Date: 31 Jul 1996 11:53:08 GMT

Hi. I did this with a 5" Perfecto shaper and it worked
fine. You feed it down on the forward stroke. I used
regular (.025 thickness) 18t hacksaw blades.

I subsequently got an old Kalamazoo (Sears and Roebuck)
power hacksaw, which feeds itself. that uses regular
power hacksaw blades (.032 thickness, 14tpi), and I
think if I were going to make another for a shaper, I
set it up to use those blades as they don't bend in use.

But yeah, it works fine. And Nevil Shute described one
he'd made in a 1950's ME, so the idea's been around for
a while.

/Charlie

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From: [email-masked] (Jonathan)
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:38:58 GMT

I have a Elliot 10M Shaper and it occurs to me that the action of the
shaper could be adapted for sawing metals. Has anyone done this? Do
they know of any sources of information on this particular aspect?
Thanks
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Mike Greenwood