Shaper

:This article is about shapers designed for metal workpieces; for wood applications, see Wood shaper.

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A shaper is a machine tool used for shaping or surfacing metal and other materials.

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Shapers have been largely superseded by milling machines or grinding machines in modern industrial practice. They rapidly fell out of favour with modern industry as they were time consuming in operation, the amount of material removal by a single point cutting tool being no match for recent methods, however they are still popular with some amateurs, or where production time is not a factor. The basic function of the machine is still sound and tooling for them is minimal and very cheap to reproduce. The mechanically operated machines are simple and robust in construction, making their repair and upkeep easily achievable.

Machine tool: A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by the selective removal of metal. The term machine tool is usually reserved for tools that used a power source other than human movement, but they can be powered by people if appropriately set up...

Metal: :For alternative meanings see metal (disambiguation)....

Milling machine: A Milling machine is a power-driven machine used for the complex shaping of metal (or possibly other materials) parts. Its basic form is that of a rotating cutter or mill bit which rotates about the spindle axis (like a drill), and a worktable that can move in multiple directions (often three dimens...

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