Carbide Shaper
The Best Way To Use A Woodworking Shaper
The shaper and the router share a common heritage. In the mid-l9th Century an inventor in Ohio produced a prototype for a machine with a vertical spindle projecting out of a horizontal table.
This machine, known as a spindle router, was virtually identical to the present-day shaper. Another model from the same era, employing an overhead spindle to raise panels and cut grooves and recesses, evolved into today's router.
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Similar origins notwithstanding, the router and shaper have since followed different paths. The router is often considered the most useful and versatile woodworking power tool; the shaper, on the other hand, is frequently the last machine added to the woodworking shop, a fact that belies its usefulness to the craftsman.
If you frequently cut decorative moldings in the edges of curved workpieces, or if you build many doors and drawers, the shaper is an ideal tool foryour shop. Basically, the machine is a bigger, stronger, and more stable version of a table-mounted router, with a much wider range of available cutters. Shaper cutters vary from simple, single profile cutters to complex combination systems that produce the contours of a host of individual blades. Relatively safe and easy to work with, solid cutters with carbide teeth are the preferred choice, though many woodworkers still opt for the versatility of grinding their own knives to whatever profile they desire.
With its large cutter exposed above the table, the shaper requires special attention to safety; the tool is often considered to be the most dangerous machine in the shop. Key concerns are the rotalion of the spindle, the direction of feed, and the location of the cutter with regard to the workpiece. Most shaper spindles and cutters are designed to rotate either clockwise or counterclockwise; each direction offers its own advantages and disadvantages. Most cutters are designed to cut from above a workpiece while spinning counterclockwise. This offers a better view ofthe cut and, because of the direction ofthe threads on the spindle, ensures that the nut securing the cutter in place remains tight throughout the operation. By reversing spindle rotation and inverting the cutter so that it lies mostly below tdble level, you can shape the underside of the workpiece. This is often a safer setup for freehand shaping or for working with extra-wide or very long stock. If the workpiece lifts up, the cutter will not gouge it and kick the board back.
Read your owner's manual carefully and follow the setup and woodworking work shop guidelines discussed here. Take the time to build the guards and fence; they will make your machine much safer to use.
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MLCS 8377 Router Bit Set with Carbide-Tipped 1/2-Inch Shank, 15-Piece
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High quality carbide-tipped set includes many common sizes and styles: 4 Straight Bits (3/16", 1/4", 1/2", 3/4"), 1 Round Over Bit (3/8"), 1 Cove Bit (1/2"), 1 Roman Ogee Bit (5/32"), 1 45 deg Chamfer Bit, 1 Flush Trim Bit (1/2"), 1 Rabbeting Bit (3/8"), 1 Dovetail Bit (1/2" x 14 degree), 1 V-Groove Bit (3/8"), 1 Hinge Mortising Bit (1/2"), 1 Panel Pilot Bit (1/4"), 1 Round Nose Bit (1/4"), 1 Allen Wrench and 1 bearing to convert Round Over bit into Beading bit. Sturdy wood storage box also included.
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