Adcock & Shipley 1AD

[Charles P]

Hemingway sell a kit for a lathe slotting attachment. Saves a dedicated tool.
http://www.hemingwaykits.com/acatalog/Ke...hment.html

JA Radford did a design as well, and at least one I've seen used a top slide as the mechanism. 

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[Tony Griffiths]

I thought I had a requirement to cut a keyway in a replica cast magneto vernier. Turned out, I didn't need to but I couldn't see how to do it without a shaper. You can find small, bench mounted, hand operated shapers that would be ideal for cutting these small keyways and I might look out for one next.....

Now rather sought after - and great fun to use:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/adeptshaper/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/cowell-shaper/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/ormerod/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/seniorshaperplaner/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/alexander-shaper/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/drummondshaper/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/benson/page2.html
http://www.lathes.co.uk/boynton/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/portass/page10.html
http://www.lathes.co.uk/leylandbarlow/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/polygon/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/bradley/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/arrowshaper/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/gravesshaper/index.html
...and small powered:  http://www.lathes.co.uk/perfecto/page2.html
..etc!

[Austin in the Shed]

I owned an Alba no 1 shaper and did lots of keyways on it, customising Pulleys and sprockets for a local bearing and seals company and A7 timing gears.When moving 8 or 9 years ago I decided to sell it and was lucky to get £150 for it on Ebay.
The Alba was the smallest industrial shaper,floor standing they made I believe.
I remember going to look at some other machine a few years ago and was offered a large shaper ,about 8ft long,for about £200 in really good condition.