He was by nature an artist; a shaper with the pencil or the chisel, a planner, a contriver capable of turning his hand to almost any work of eye and hand.
It will regard intelligence not as the original shaperand final cause of things, but as the purposeful energetic re-shaper of those phases of nature and life that obstruct social well-being.
The general principles governing the use of the shaper vice having been explained, we may now select some examples in its use.
The simplest method of holding work in a shaper is by means of a shaper vice, which may be employed to hold almost any shape of work whose size is within the capacity of the chuck.
Before describing, however, the various forms of shaper vices, it may be well to discuss points to be considered in its use.
Another form of planer or shaper tool-holder is shown in Fig.
With a planer or a shaper the size and uniformity of the work depend upon the skill of the operator.
The Bilgram gear cutter, and the Fellows’ gear shaper which turns out plain gear, exert a to and fro planing action.
The stead of the fifel That wight all unhappy a while of time warded, Sithence that the Shaper him had for-written.
Supreme is essential beauty, the shapeless shaper and the transcendent, vi.
The Eternal Lord Triumphant rose and stood above us, and each day blessed that gentle throng, and His beloved Son, Shaper of souls.
The list would not be complete without the planer, shaper and milling machine, with their variety of chucks, clamps and other attachments, too numerous to mention.
He has no shaperor planer for the purpose, so that it must be done by hand.
In a shaper the work is held in a fixed position on the table, which can be raised and lowered by a hoisting screw, and the tool is made to move across the table by a quick-acting return motion.
In a shop where only small work is to be done a planer may be dispensed with and a shaper used instead.
A shaper cannot only be used for planing, but for turning, boring and slotting.