At one time mills were rare and shapers common. Shapers actually produce a nicer finish on flat surfaces.
Shapers can use single point and form tools for special shaped grooves. Think gear teeth, splines, and keyways. Today many people will keep an old shaper around just because they do a nice job of cutting keyways in pulleys, a job that is not very practical on a mill. Shapers can cut on an angle by using the downfeed on the clapper head. This works for cutting dovetails without needing special cutters. And most important, they are cool to watch! Steve Stallings > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Loron [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:59 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hold-down straps > > I watched the linked video. Can somebody comment on why you > would use a shaper for that work instead of a mill or surface > grinder? I'm trying to understand the purpose of a shaper. > > Thanks. > > -Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
