10-19-2012, 08:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-19-2012, 08:18 AM by Sunset Machine.)
Larger dials would be nice on my shaper too. What I do now is to turn the thing off, set the depth, and then power on for one stroke (actually three because of momentum, there's no clutch). I'm not real fond of shapers -- noisy, clumsy and slow is what they are. I could easily be talked into selling it (it's not a Logan).
Vari-speed sounds good, wish I had one but I'm not going to spend money on a VFD for mine. The problem is that each stroke takes time, and changing the length of the stroke means the stroke time changes (surface speed) and RPM changes are required in order to compensate. With a vari-speed, I think you could adjust it for a yellow chip quite easily.
Vari-speed sounds good, wish I had one but I'm not going to spend money on a VFD for mine. The problem is that each stroke takes time, and changing the length of the stroke means the stroke time changes (surface speed) and RPM changes are required in order to compensate. With a vari-speed, I think you could adjust it for a yellow chip quite easily.