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It's confusing to call this a "shaper," when it is not the machine tool. (A shaper is a kind of linear lathe.)
by markrages 8y ago
It's confusing to call this a "shaper," when it is not the machine tool. (A shaper is a kind of linear lathe.)
- gaze 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_shaper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_shaper There are multiple kinds of shapers. Plus, give them a little poetic leeway.
- tejtm 8y agothis battle was lost generations ago. Shapers were "mechanical apprentices" wielding chisels replaced by low speed specialized cutter horizontal milling machines (borrowed from circular saws from timber mills) replaced with high speed vertical milling machines with fewer smaller diameter cutters and fancy fixtures, replaced by CNC mills. Somewhere in there, probably along with vertical mills, beefy router tables adopted the name "Shaper" as it was not being used enough by the mechanical apprentices to say so any more. But I love watching the hypnotic motions of a metal shaper more than I will ever like even hearing a wood shaper, in another room ... while wearing earmuffs