Taper Shaper question

I'm looking at the photos on Unique Products website and having a hard time visualizing how it creates variable shaft tapers.

Does it run back and forth on a taper bar of some sort?
 
JC said:
I'm looking at the photos on Unique Products website and having a hard time visualizing how it creates variable shaft tapers.

Does it run back and forth on a taper bar of some sort?
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It follows a taper groove . Only one taper for shaft . You'd have to offset the tip end to get a different taper and manually dial it to make sure the joint end doesn't become too skinny. Or you can have a taper bar with different taper grooves CNC milled.
 
JoeyInCali said:
It follows a taper groove . Only one taper for shaft . You'd have to offset the tip end to get a different taper and manually dial it to make sure the joint end doesn't become too skinny. Or you can have a taper bar with different taper grooves CNC milled.
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The web site has the following claim for capability of this machine

"- Re-Shape Existing Shafts to New Profiles"

This is what I'm having trouble grasping. Profiles is plural making it sound like you can easily make a choice.

Frankly compared to my wall mounted CNC taper machine this thing is a toy.
 
JC said:
The web site has the following claim for capability of this machine

"- Re-Shape Existing Shafts to New Profiles"

This is what I'm having trouble grasping. Profiles is plural making it sound like you can easily make a choice.

Frankly compared to my wall mounted CNC taper machine this thing is a toy.
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Well, heavy actuator cnc machine like yours are tanks compared to the TS.
My EP manual taper machine is a tank too but you can't get them anymore.
If I had room, I'd have a saw taperer too for hogging out purposes.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Well, heavy actuator cnc machine like yours are tanks compared to the TS.
My EP manual taper machine is a tank too but you can't get them anymore.
If I had room, I'd have a saw taperer too for hogging out purposes.
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I'm thinking of moving my saw machine to a sturdier saw the next time I see a beat up old unisaw for cheap.
 
icbm said:
If its name is the taper shaper, I'd have assumed that the machine was turn key from the source but able to be changed.
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You're gonna need a lot of practice dowels and you will need to make your own stoppers .
 
Its a really great machine built extremely well.
Simple but the weak part is the router.
Fortunately that can be upgraded to a quieter smoother running one.
If you ever seen one in action you would quickly understand how it works.
 
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