serious shaper @ auction

[J.R. Rutter]

There is a big SCMI T130N with power feeder over at the big auction site. If you have room and are in the market, this is a nice model. I got one last fall that looked to be in much worse condition, but it cleaned up nicely. A local machine shop pressed in $100 worth of new spindle bearings, and it was good to go. Even with a static phase converter, I think it would be worth looking at... $2500 right now.

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No affiliation, etc. I have too many shapers (or just enough?) or I would be all over it.

[Phil Pritchard]

I own one of those, although mine is the T130NPS which has a sliding front portion to the table so it does double-duty as a tenoner as well. They are good machines which are possibly spoiled by so-so switch gear, so I'd be prepared to change the Star-Delta starter and eStops at some time in the future. Other than that they're as the OP said - seriously heavy and very stable machine with enormous spindle capacity

Phil

[J.R. Rutter]

Just for grins, while I had the spindle out, I compared it to the 1-1/4" spindle from my Powermatic #27. The photos are resized to get the proportions very close between the two, so WYSIWYG. Here is a link to that restoration thread. (And yes, I do need new thermal overloads!)

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=50962

I've been running the big shapers with multiple cutters stacked on the spindle (with digital gauge for height setting). Even with 2 raised panel cutters and a back cutter, I can do 1-pass panel raising with super smooth results.