The Shaper Book Techniques for Using This Versatile and Productive Machine

148 Pages·1996·4.855 MB·English

by  Lonnie Bird

The
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LONNIE BIRD

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TheShaper
Book
LONNIE BIRD
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Front and back cover photos: Lonnie Bird
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1996 by The Taunton Press, Inc.
All rights reserved.
FINE WOODWORKING
First printing: 1996
PrinteWd OinO DthWeO UniteGd® S tates of America
A Book
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registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bird, Lonnie.
The shaper book Lonnie Bird.
p. em.
"A Fine woodworking book"­
Includes index.
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-60085-541-2
1. Shapers. 2. Woodwork. I. Title.
TT186.B517 1996
684' .08-dc20 96-35740
CIP
To my loving wife, Linda

Acknowledgments
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Contents
5
Introduction
6
9
D Introducttoit ohneS haper 20
ShapeArn atomy
Tunintgh eS haper 22
22
fJ ShapeCru tterheads 26
WingC utterheads 27
InseCrutt terheads 28
LockedgKen ives 29
Custom-MaCduet terheads
What TytpoeB uy 32
32
D ShapeSra fety 36
SafetDye vices
PreventKiincgk backs 40
40
II BasiSch apeTre chnique 42
SettiUnpgt heS haper 44
Shapinagn EntiErdeg e 45
ShapinEgn dG rain
CreatiSntgo pC uts 48
49
II ShapinCgu rveSdt ock 53
ShapinFgr eehand 58
Shapinwgi tah Pattern
Shapinwgi tah Fence 62
63
iiiMak inMgo ldings 65
IncorporaMtoilndgi nignst Yoo urF urniture
CreatiMnogl dinPgr ofiles