Re: Shaper talk F700z vs. F900z
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I looked really hard when considering an upgrade to my f700z. I loved that machine and Brian Lamb helped me make it twice as good with a dro fence modification - I would suggest that for anybody that has analog adjustment. I never had a problem with the 700 series not performing though, it was really ease of switching setups back and forth which is a big issue in my shop workflow of short runs and one-offs.??
My research skipped me right past the 900 series and toward the profil45. There's also a profil92 out now that has a lot of great features above the profil45 (at upwards of double the price, too).?
If one were to fully tool up and accessorize with the aigner catalog, macs clamps, and other fun - I mean necessary -? things, its perfectly reasonably that budget will look like $30k or more, whether it gets spent now or later. So if you consider the full accounted cost of the system, sometimes the machine cost itself doesn't seem so much.?
I do believe there's a pretty established "you get what you pay for" in shapers without a lot of gimmicky feature sets in the market across manufacturers. At the end of the day you are paying for weight of build, tolerance of mechanisms, power, and auxiliary electronic controls. How much do you want to buy? Lol.
Final thought: I know there's a used 900 or profil45 out there every now and again - if you arent sure what you need it may just make sense to buy a good deal first then you can figure out what features you need when it's time to buy your forever machine.
I went through this exercise couple of years ago.
if you can live with K700 saw, then you can live with F700 spindle moulder?
If you like 950 saw and it suited your line of work, F900 is probably better match.
now you have a Fromat Kappa. I wouldnt want to go below F900... F900 should be the minimum/starting point. why not Profil 45? just think about the repeatability and the colour match!?
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