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Cutting, Shaping and Scraping: Shaper vs. Router From "DIY Tools & Techniques" episode DIT-210

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	Figure B

Host David Thiel explains the purpose of a shaper and how it differs from a router.

Shaper vs. Router

• The shaper has a much larger motor, which allows you to take more material off at one pass.

• You can use multiple profiles on the shaper.

• The shaper has an infeed fence and an outfeed fence.

• The outfeed fence needs to be adjusted depending on the cut you're making to maintain support against the board.

• The tooling is called a cutter head (figure A).

• A multi-profile cutter head can be used to create a lot of different shapes, depending on how you set the height and the distance from the fence.

• The shaper has a knob that adjusts the height of the cutter head.

• You can also use a stack of different cutters (figure B) put together instead of one multi-profile cutter head to get a variety of shapes.

RESOURCES :

Delta Woodworking Power Tools
Website: www.deltawoodworking.com

Freud Shaper (cutting heads and cutting stacks)
Freud TMM, Inc.
218 Feld Ave.
High Point, NC 27263
Phone: 800-472-7307
E-mail: customerservice@freudtools.com
Website: www.freudtools.com