Nice feedback like this really makes me want to complete the shaper, mill, and other projects too. If you are interested, you can follow along in my experience. David j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and a few others. If you can build a sand castle or make a mud pie you can make a sand mold to produce castings for your metal shop projects. More elaborate metal casting furnaces are described in several. Only special tool i used to make this was my sears metal.
Video walk through of the design and operation of a gingery style metal shaper. I have one casting left to do, it is the table casting. Many say that the shaper is an obsolete tool, but i love the sound that the clapper block makes on the return stroke. Gingery this content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Gingery also known as the metal lathe, by the late dave gingery. David gingery home made shaper practical machinist. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper, the drill press, the charcoal foundry. There is a file on michael moores site under the link name an introduction to shaper operation down in the copies of external items near the end of his page. I started with a 5 gallon steel bucket lined with firebrick mortar for a foundry. Build a metal shaper by dave gingery model engineer.
Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Back when i was in my early to mid 20s i got the bug to make a gingery metal shaper. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Once i built the furnace and discovered that i could actually melt metal with it, i was hooked. Gingerys most popular book is the charcoal foundry. Since that time, the company has continued to publish books written by david, his son vince as well as those written by other authors. The classic seven book series by dave gingery is now available in a special hard bound edition titled, build your own metal working shop from scrap. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Gingery publishing llc pdf the metal shaper book by david j gingery publishing llc are a good way to achieve details about operating certainproducts. Gingery, including the drill press build your own metal working shop from scrap ser. Publication date 1981 topics shapers publisher springfield, mo.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the metal lathe. Rebuilding the ram ways on my gingery shaper, version 1. The metal lathe build your own metal working shop from scrap by david gingery. The multimachine is a metal lathe that can be built to.
I stayed close to the plans as far as dimensions of all the parts, ive bought nut and bolts from fastenal. Multimachine, an opensource machine tool the multimachine a complete machine shop in one tool. In addition to lifting, flipping and ramming up sand molds, tending the charcoal foundry, pouring deg aluminum and hacksawing, you have many hours of filing and scraping to look forward to. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Dave gingery has authored a series of books which are available both individually and as a set called build your own metalworking shop from scrap. Dave gingery pdf results 1 12 of 37 build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series. Gingery, the milling machine, build your own metal metal lathe, the metal shaper. The metal shaper is the third book in the series of building your metal shop from scratch. The metal shaper paperback july 1, 1981 by david gingery author 4.
This collectors edition contains the newly updated and complete 7 book series including. Build your own metal working shop from scrap by david j. The charcoal foundry the metal lathe the metal shaper the milling. David gingery home made shaper i found this shaper at a flea market a few weeks ago and discovered it was built from the plans out of a david gingery book on how to build a shaper. Barry also built the gingery metal shaper from book 3 of the series. Its a general introduction to the shaper although it could be used as a practical guide, there are. Exotic is a mild adjective when applied to the shaper. Unfollow metal shaper to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I bought the cold rolled steel from metal supper market in dallas,tx. The metal shaper build your own shaper that will cut keyways, splines, gears, and more with a simple handground lathe tool bit. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The charcoal foundry, the metal lathe, the metal shaper, the milling machine, the dividing head, the. The metal lathe you can build your own metal lathe with 7 swing and 12 centers using castings from your charcoal foundry and simple hand methods. Gingery has 19 books on goodreads with 744 ratings.
Im assembling the shaper now and doing the scrapping etc. Olivers page has done a lot to inspire others around the web to take up the gingery lathe project for themselves, but due credit has to go to folks like southern california resident barry workman, whose lathe, pictured above, was apparently complete as early as 1998. His most famous book was build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which describes how to build an entire machine shop at low cost, often from reclaimed components and scrap metal. To bore the headstock accurately a temporary headstock assembly is made. Book 3 of gingerys build your own metal working shop. I figured, hey i already have a foundry why not build some. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series. These user guides are clearlybuilt to give stepbystep information about how you ought to go ahead.
If you have never used a metal cutting lathe and plan to build a gingery based lathe it will be a great learning experience, and you will never know the difference from a real lathe of the same size and the gingery lathe. The metal shaper, gingery david j, isbn 1878087029. The metal shaper build your own metal working shop from scrap serie book 3 kindle edition by david j gingery. December 19, 1932 may 3, 2004 was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools gingery is most famous for his build your own metal working shop from scrap series, which details how to build a reasonably complete machine shop at low cost, often from scrap metal and other items. He was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. I collected about 60 of these suggestions and implemented them as i was building my shaper. Gingery books pdf david j gingery publishing books written especially for inventors machinists tinkerers geniuses at large and. The metal lathe, the metal shaper, the milling machine. Book 3 of 5 in the build your own metal working shop from scrap serie series. This book is part of the seven book series on building a metal shop. I cant use my faithful drill press to make everything. Plastic injection molding attachment for a drill press. Build your own metalworking shop from scrap the milling.
Build your own metal working shop from scrap series. Gingery book store features books written expecially for inventors, tinkerers, machinists and experimenters. The first books published were the build your own metal working shop from scrap series of 7 books. Pat delany multimachine box 1629, palestine, texas 75801 usa 903 723 0980 support at. Introduction and hand scraping the bed casting duration. It really is cheap and easy with a simple solid fuel furnace. Build your own metal working shop from scrap hard bound. Many products that you buy can be obtained using instruction manuals. The metal shaper build your own metal working shop from scrap. Build your own metal working shop from scrap complete 7 book series david j.
The metal shaper build your own shaper that will cut keyways, splines, gears, and more with a simple. Dave gingery directs the reader to build an adjustable angle iron based assembly. Gingerystyle homemade metal lathe builds in the spring of i ordered the gingery series of books on how to build a fingery shop from scratch. His most famous book was build your own metal working shop from scrap series. These are built using hand cast aluminum parts and turn of the. Metal shaper is also known as book 3 from the best selling 7 book series, build your own metal working shop from scrap. Many people have built them and along the way figured out improvements.
I have been thinking of buying the book dave gingery shaper for the plans dimensions dc. The milling machine build your own metalworking shop from scrap series by david j. No one knows who actually built it but it must have been a very skilled machinist as it is made entirely out of plate. Dave gingerys book was my starting point and my guide.
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