Hi Randall,
Looks like a router mounted upside down in a table with a fence.
The spindle is much thicker (1/2" or 3/4") and takes much bigger bits.
Bits big enough to "route" the taper on a raised panel cabinet door. The
spindle is belt driven by a motor mounted vertically on the back of the
shaper cabinet. The spindle is usually reversible -- wire the motor so
it turns either clockwise or counter-clockwise.
I used it to make the raised panel doors, and the door/window moldings.
The raised panel wainscoting is something like raised panel cabinet
doors mounted on the walls.
http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/a/delt/de43355.htm?L+coastest+xnmh0729ff22e622+1071015505
http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/tool-woodshaper.html
http://www.router-bits-shaper-cutters.com/information/fsc.cfm
Don Malling
Randall Young wrote:
>>Did it all with what I would consider to be junk tools. Home made
>>shaper,
>
>
> Ok, ignorant question time : To me, a 'shaper' is a metal-working tool that
> strokes a single-point tool bit in a straight line over a workpiece that is
> normally stationary during the cut. Somehow, I don't think that's what
> you're talking about here ... so what is a woodworking shaper ?
>
> Randall
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