Making friends with a shaper

[big job]

I simply machined a holder for a boring bar HSS  perpendicular to the bar ground to whatever form shape required for the job.
also added a DRO to the downfeed (I can see that).  What I did is similar to Hawkeyes reply .  
When treading into the unknown on thin ice  go slowly with light cuts.  dont worry any machine will talk to you,  thats my take
on machining "look listen and feel"...........

sam