OPERATIONS
ALWAYS use the aid of a jig when shaping small or narrow workpieces. A jig will reduce the chance of your hands coming into contact with the cutters. Failure to follow this warning may result in serious personal injury.
To set up the fence for partial edge removal or profiling an edge, do these steps:
1.Loosen the lock handles on the side of the fence mount.
2.Turn the adjustment knob located on the back of the fence mount and adjust the infeed fence until the workpiece contacts the cutter at the desired location.
3.Tighten the lock handle located on the side of the fence mount to lock the fence into position.
4.Adjust the outfeed fence so that it comes into alignment with the infeed fence as shown in Figure 44.
5.Now place a straightedge against both faces of the fence to check alignment. Once they are both in alignment, make sure both lock handles are tightened.
Always feed the wood against the rotation of the cutter as shown in Figure 45. Another way to conceptualize this is to always feed the wood into the cutter so that the cutter is pushing against the direction of feed. Never feed wood in the same direction as the cutter rotation. This is called a “climb cut” and is extremely dangerous.
Also, examine the grain on the side edge of the board. Whenever possible, run the board so the shaper cutters are cutting with the grain as shown in Figure 44. This will minimize the chance of tear out.
