Travis Porter
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The LOML was gracious enough to buy me a shaper for my birthday (back in September). Of course I had to go out and immediately buy some cutters for it, a Freud set with the raised panel cutter and the stile and rail set. The raised panel cutter is straight forward enough to me, but the stile and rail set is not as straight forward. I have done it many times with a router on a router table, but on those cutters you have bearings to go by.
So, what should you cut first, the cope or the rails?
How do you keep the cope from shortening the length of your board? It seems a bit difficult to line the fence up perfectly, or maybe I am not doing it right.
I did my first rails and stiles on it for my dresser (cuts a whole lot cleaner than a router), but it took a lot of fussing and drew a fair amount of blood as I cut my hands up pretty bad tinkering with the fence and the cutters.
I got Lonnie Bird's shaper book, but it doesn't tell you a whole lot about it.
Any insight or suggestions?
Oh, here are the pics for proof of acquisition.
So, what should you cut first, the cope or the rails?
How do you keep the cope from shortening the length of your board? It seems a bit difficult to line the fence up perfectly, or maybe I am not doing it right.
I did my first rails and stiles on it for my dresser (cuts a whole lot cleaner than a router), but it took a lot of fussing and drew a fair amount of blood as I cut my hands up pretty bad tinkering with the fence and the cutters.
I got Lonnie Bird's shaper book, but it doesn't tell you a whole lot about it.
Any insight or suggestions?
Oh, here are the pics for proof of acquisition.