Here are some files that are related (or loosely related) to the Perfecto shaper.
I'll probably get in trouble for putting these up.
If you have any information to share I would be interested.
Here are two articles on cutting gears in a Perfecto like shaper.
Here are some pictures of Perfecto shapers I've found on the Internet.
Let me know if I have to remove them.
↓ 5 inch hand powered No1
The table has 6 plain slots.
Notice the dial on the vertical slide. On some models the dial is conical.
↓ 7 inch motorised No1
The table has T slots.
↓ I understand Caldwell Industries supplied the Perfecto in America.
This is an advert from a 1969 American magazine.
This is an advert from a 1972 American magazine.
Here is a short article/advert from a 1971 American magazine.
↓ This was for sale in New Zealand
↓ This nice looking machine was for sale near Chester, UK.
It was described as a 5 inch No3.
This picture is now in the Photo section of the Yahoo Metal Shapers group.
↓ This fine example was in the Photo section of the Yahoo Metal Shapers group.
Notice the dial is conical on this one.
↓ This came up for sale in the USA. Sold for about $425.
The shaper was bought in the 70's and is brand new and unused. Wow.
That's a Palmgren vise on the table.
↓ [14-12-10] This was up for sale on ebay for a buy it now price of 350 pounds.
quote: "... motorised Perfecto Handshaper which has an automatic feed. An advantage of the use of a metal shaper is that tools can be shaped from pieces of square HSS square tool steel. You can cut gears on a shaper but its great benefit is machining flat surfaces and for example dovetail slides.
My machine has an inverter drive which itself is worth over 150 pounds. The capacity of the machine is that it will machine at least a 4.25" long cut and a 6" wide cut. I have added a photograph showing the bull wheel to adjust the stroke. The table can be raised and lowered by undoing setscrews and then positioning by hand. I have not found it necessary to raise and lower the table. The table is located on a vertical key. There is a vice with the machine as shown in the photograph.
The 0.5HP motor drives a worm gearbox and inturn drives a countershaft through a chain drive which in turn drives the bull wheel that forms the cutting motion.
I normally use a 1/16" depth of cut for machining cast iron with a carbide tool. This is adjusted with a handwheel. There are no tools with the deal as the same tools I use in my lathe.
I am eventually selling my whole workshop through ill health concentraing on writing for model engineer, but on offer is the perfecto shaper.
The perfecto shaper and its drive is mounted on a mild steel sole plate." end quote
↓ [28-12-10] This one sold on ebay for 195 pounds.
This is the 7inch stroke model, with 3 speeds available on the pulley with self act in both directions.
It was located in Bridgend, Wales.
↓ [25-02-11] This one was up for sale on ebay with a buy it now price of 110 pounds.
There are holes in the table.
