this battle was lost generations ago. Shapers were "mechanical apprentices" wielding chisels replaced by low speed specialized cutter horizontal milling machine

this 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