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WOODSHAPER [1 record]

Record 1 2000-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finish Carpentry
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
DEF

A woodworking machine, usually of the floor-model variety, used for grooving and shaping edges of boards and for combinations of decorative cuts.

CONT

Craftsman motorized shaper with NEMA-rated 1/2 hp induction motor .... Cutters ... can scallop, rabbet, contour and mold smoothly.

OBS

Shapers differ from routers in that they are heavier, floor-model machines with the bit directed upward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menuiserie
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
CONT

Machine à façonner CRAFTSMAN à moteur à induction 1/2 hp classé NEMA. Grande surface de travail. Fers (vendus séparément) pour faire des festons, des feuillures, des contours, des moulures.

Spanish

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