Well.... I decided to pull the trigger on my first shaper.
I made a post here not too long ago asking for thoughts on the Hammer f3 vs felder f700z, thinking I was going to make a decision to purchase a year from now.
Perhaps I spent too much time reading this forum and seeing all of your awesome machines, so after a casual "informational discussion" with my Felder rep today, I decided to go ahead and buy a shaper configuration that was listed on the AWFS sale and is scheduled to arrive around October.
Format4 Profil 45z X-Motion bundle:
- 13.5 HP 3 phase/230v motor
- 1 1/4" spindle with 140mm usable height (I suppose that it means it won't have the quick lock thing that comes with 30mm spindle... but I gather I can get one for this spindle size aftermarket if I want it)
- 1100mm crosscut fence
- Spindle lock from outside
- 550mm fence plates with the screw-on fingers
- Imperial scales. I would have preferred the standard metric scales but I doubt I'll be using any of the scales anyway, since I'll be able to do my adjustments in the x-motion system and switch between metric and imperial whenever I want right? (please correct me if I'm mistaken here)
I added on the following accessories with the purchase:
- Aigner integral finger fence
- 2x 500mm cast iron table extensions + couplings
- 1x eccentric clamp
- Tenoning plate
- Swing-away mount +? extended tube for power feeder
Needless to say, I stretched a bit far from the original Hammer f3 I was considering. In the end, my wife talked me into buying it now, instead of waiting for IWF 2024 sale, because she wants me to build some exterior doors for our home sooner rather than later.
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Larry Long Neck
Just a noob trying to learn the ways of wood
Larry Long Neck