09-11-2012, 10:37 PM
The mill will do most things a shaper can and a few a shaper can't. Try cutting a circular groove with a shaper or a pocket.
BUT the shaper can cut internal keyways or splines. Cuts dovetails with cheap cutters. Tough metal that I wouldn't dare touch with a HSS end mill.
AND has a cool factor that no mill can compete with. There's something therapeutic watching it shear blue hot curls for a piece of metal in its own slow motion.
BUT the shaper can cut internal keyways or splines. Cuts dovetails with cheap cutters. Tough metal that I wouldn't dare touch with a HSS end mill.
AND has a cool factor that no mill can compete with. There's something therapeutic watching it shear blue hot curls for a piece of metal in its own slow motion.
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Greg
Greg