¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJohn, Is correct. ?The fence and hood not he Profile X-motion will not move back far enough to use small router bits. With router bits the reference point for height will vary for profile bits. Using a straight router bit offers few advantages over a straight shaper cutter, so profile bits are probably what you will need to set up and those would be referenced off the the start of the curve or something.? As other shave pointed out there is not repeatability of set of the router bit in the collet on the Profile X-motion. The desire for flexibility offered by the router spindle in the Profile X-motion shaper is tempered by the high cost. ? I do use the router spindle on the my CF731 combo machine. ?I found repeatability to be a problem here, when I want to use a router bit I set it by eye then do a test cut adjust and go. ? I don¡¯t think that Felder shapers other than the Profile X-motion suffer from the fence clearance issue. ?On the non-automated fences you can drill more holes in the shaper table to allow mounting the hood further back for more clearance. ?This is not possible with the X-motion hood and fence. Joe in New Orleans
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