Running a shaper - the compound

[aametalmaster]

(09-08-2012, 09:28 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: I hear you about the back strain. I dread spending time on the South Bend, 4-6 inches higher would have been nice, it needs a concrete/wood pad under it the way things are now (underdrive, floor mounted).

Thats why i raised my lathes, shaper and bandsaw up higher plus i can read the dial better in my old age...Bob