I would add one of the many critical items that has gotten many of us. Make sure you have enough depth when you place the locking cap on top of the spindle after installing cutterhead. If you do not, the center of the cap will bottom out on the top of spindle and no pressure will be applied by it’s peripheral surface to the cutter via the spacer rings.

If this is not done properly, the arbor will spin and the cutter could be stationary or more likely spin at much lower speed depending upon how much pressure it is under from the locking cap. If this goes on for some time the cutter will sieze on the arbor which is bad news.

Imran

?I was completely new to the use of the shaper. ?I too didn’t have a clue how to get started. ?I learned of the Alpine Technical Workshops that are taught by Joe Calhoun in Ouray Colorado. ?Greg Godbout of Rangate facilitates the logistics for these classes. ?While attending the first class, I worked with Greg to get a starter set of shaper tools. ?Since then, I have been adding to my set as I determine my needs. ?I was told that the shaper is one machine that will ultimately have more expense in tooling than the machine. ?I’ve got a good start on that.