Metal Shaper Owners Manual

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INCA Table Saws (341.xxx.xx)

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  • 341.017.xx - '7' Circular Saw Universal (Universal-Compact)' - 1931 (1980) - Tilt table saw - (US Model 150/159), (Injecta 'Model 51/54')
    • [manual], [manual]
  • 341.018.xx - '10' Circular Saw Major' -Tilt table Saw - 1970 - (US Model 250/259)
  • 341.037.xx - 'Master (SuperMaster)' Table Saw: 10: - Tilt Arbor - (US Model 280/290)
    • [manual], [manual]
  • 341.033.xx - 'Professional' Table Saw: 12' Tilt Arbor - 1986 - (US Model 2100/2200)
    • [manual], [manual]
  • 341.???.xx - 'Senior300'

INCA Bandsaws (342.xxx.xx)

  • 342.205.xx - 'Euro205' Bandsaw: 8' - (US Model 205)
  • 342.186.xx - 'Euro260' Bandsaw: 10 1/2' - (US Model 310/320/330/340)
    • [manual], [manual], [manual]
  • 342.025.xx - 'Expert500' Bandsaw: 20' - 1980 - (US Model 710)

INCA Jointer/Planers (343.xxx.xx)

Shaper

Metal Working Machinery: Publication Title: 7B Atlas 7' Metal Working Shaper Operations Manual & Parts Repair List: Manufacturer: Atlas Press Co. Kalamazoo, MI: Publication Type: Shapers: Pages: 16: Publication Date: 1953 (August) Submitted By: Brian Backner: Submission Date.

  • 343.185.xx - 4 15/16' Rebating' Jointer'
  • 343.132.xx - 8 5/8' Jointer-Planer', 'Standard Jointer-Planer' -1930s? - (US Model 410/420), (Injecta 'AF 132/140')
  • 343.190.xx - '10 1/4 Automatic Jointer-Planer' - 1976? - (US Model 510, 550, 560, 570, etc)
    • [manual], [manual], [manual], [manual]
  • 343.036.xx - 15 3/4' 'Professional 4000' - (US Model 3000?)
  • 343.044.xx - 'Concorde 315' Planer

INCA Shapers (344.xxx.xx)

Metal shaper owner
  • 344.021.xx - 'Senator' Spindle Moulder: 20mm Spindle Shaper - 1976 - (US Model 659)
  • 344.070.xx - 'Actor' Spindle Moulder: 1 1/4' Spindle Shaper - (US Model 660)

INCA Lathes (345.xxx.xx)

  • 345.197.xx - Wood Turning Lathe: 8 1/2' Swing - 1975
    • [pic], [pic]
  • 345.199.xx - Wood Turning Lathe by LUNA: SP800/SP1000 - 1983
    • [pic], [pic]

INCA Accessories (348.xxx.xx)

  • 348.030.xx - 'Aero1000' Dust Collector - (US Model 910)
    • [pic], [pic]
  • 348.184.xx - Belt Sander without motor - (Injecta 'AF 184')
    • [pic], [pic]
  • 348.176.xx - (Belt Sander) Coupling Set
    • [manual] , [pic]
  • 348.148.xx - Belt Sander with motor -1975
  • 348.022.xx - Sliding table - 1977
    • [manual] - [pic][pic]
  • 348.175.xx - Mortising table - (Injecta 'AF 175') - 1980(tilt version)
    • [manual] - [pic], [pic], [pic], [pic], [pic], [pic]
  • 348.196.xx - Gauge
  • 348.140.xx - Thicknessing Attachement

INCA Stands (54.xxx.xx)

  • 54.xxx.xx - Various Wood- and Metal Stands
    • [pic], [pic], [pic], [pic], [pic]
  • Universal 9' Radial Arm by Eumenia - (US Model 810)
  • Scroll saw 'Max 600' made by sister company 'Minilor' in the 1990s - (345.600.02)
    • [pic], [pic]
  • Contractor Table Saw 'ITK 1832'
  • Workbench

Sources

[This post] on the incawoodworking yahoo forum was the original source for this list. I have since updated the list with with info found in INCA manuals and catalogues.

How to make sense of the model numbers

There are (at-least) 3 model numbering systems for the INCA machines.
For example the 'Standard' Jointer/Planer' can be referred to by any of these model numbers:
  • The official INCA numbering system. ex: '343.132.01'
  • A shorter numbering system for the US (and North American) market. ex '410'. (This system may have been established by 'Garrett Wade' the US importer)
  • An early discarded numbering system. ex: 'AF 134'. (This system might be that of Injecta AG's Teufental. It can also be seen found on toy trains, etc made by the company)
The official INCA numbering system (xxx.xxx.xx) has three parts:
  • The first is a number shared by all machines of the same family. ex '341.xx.xx' is for table-saws.
  • The second part is the base machine number, ex '341.017.xx' is for the 'Universal Table-Saw'.
  • The third is a type number for different versions or configurations of the same base machine. ex '341.017.09' is the 'Universal Table-Saw, with the small table of 420x340mm'.
PS. If you see errors or have additional information let me know. If you have a manual that is missing from this list, please consider scanning it. Useremail: tony@lathes.co.uk
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E.W. Cowell Kit-built Shaper
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Offered during the 1950s and 1960s, this small, hand-operated shaper was offered as a set of casting by E.W. Cowell of 7A Sydney Road, Watford in Hertfordshire - a company quite separate from the current Cowells Small Machine Tools Ltd who manufacture a range miniature machine tools.
Once well known in model-engineering circles for their range of built-it-yourself workshop equipment, other casting kits sold included such useful items as a plain-turning precision lathe, power hacksaws, drilling machines, compound milling tables and machine vices. However, as the country's standard of living improved, there was a decline in demand for this type of low-cost, do-it-yourself product, leaving only keener enthusiasts to attempt what was often a considerable task for completion in a home workshop. A similar situation existed in the United States, with the Pootatuck Corporation (later the David Jones Machine Company) offering sets of castings and drawings to build lathes, shapers and milling machines.
Made from good quality materials, the Cowell shaper was supplied as a set of casting with the major machining already finished - leaving the enthusiastic owner to manage all the smaller parts and final construction. When complete the shaper was capable of machining an area of 6' by 6' with five rates of automatic cross feed from 0.0025' to 0.125'.
Although they may appear to be very old-fashioned and of little use, the reality is that this type of shaper can still perform a most useful function in the hands of the more knowledgeable and skilful enthusiast. With sharp tools (and sharpness really is very important), it's quite astonishing what a variety of useful work these little machines can do. In the harder economic times of the 1940s and 1950s they offered model engineers an inexpensive way of accomplishing tasks that would otherwise have involved a great deal of laborious, and usually inaccurate, hand-filing and cutting. Remarkably, it is easy to use a hand shaper too quickly, rather than at its correct speed. Sixty strokes a minute by hand on a 5-inch stroke machine may feel comfortable but, allowing for the lost time at the end of each half stroke, this gives at tool speed of over 60 feet/minute - which is 30% greater than that recommended for high speed steel on cast iron. Experimenting with slower strokes on a hand shaper will often produce better results..

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