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Additional Safety Instructions for Shapers
1. Never place your hands within 12 inches of the cutters. Never pass your hands directly over or
in front of the cutter. As one hand approaches the 12-inch radius point, move it in an arc motion
away from the cutter to the outfeed side and reposition that hand more than 12 inches beyond the
cutter.
2. DO NOT shape stock shorter than 12 inches without special fixtures or jigs. Where practical,
shape longer stock and cut to size.
3. Keep the cutters on the underside of the workpiece whenever possible. This provides a distance
guard for the operator.
4. UNPLUG THE SHAPER, and always rotate the spindle by hand to test any new setup to ensure
proper cutter clearance before starting the shaper.
5. When shaping contoured work and using a rub collar, NEVER start shaping at a corner. See the
rub collar section further on in the manual. The danger of kick-back is increased when the stock
has knots, holes, or foreign objects in it.
6. Always run warped stock through a jointer before you run it through the shaper.
7. Keep any unused portion of the cutter below the table surface.
8. Never attempt to remove too much material in one pass. Several light passes are safer and give
a cleaner finish.
9. In most applications it is advisable to use a push stick as a safety device; in others it can be quite
dangerous. If the push stick comes in contact with the cutter on the end grain, it can be violently
propelled from your hand—potentially causing serious injury. We recommend using some type of
fixture, jig, or hold-down device as a safer alternative. And ALWAYS use a guard or other type of
protective device at all times.
10. Always make sure cutter is positioned in the correct direction before starting shaper, and
always feed against the rotation of the cutter.
11. Use overhead guard when the fence is not in place.
12. Never operate the shaper without the second locking nut in place over the spindle nut. See
.Page 26, Figure 39.
SAFETY
USE this and other machinery with caution
and respect, and always consider safety
first, as it applies to your individual working
conditions. Remember, no list of safety
guidelines can be complete, and every shop
environment is different. Failure to follow
guidelines can result in serious personal
injury, damage to equipment and/or poor
work results.
READ and understand this
entire instruction manual
before using this machine.
Serious personal injury
may occur if safety and
operational information is
not understood and
followed. DO NOT risk
your safety by not reading!
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