Irregular Shaping - Grizzly G0510 Instruction Manual

Irregular Shaping

Freehand shaping greatly increases the
chance that the operator may lose control of
the workpiece; therefore, use a starting pin
to increase control while freehand shaping.
Loss of control could result in loss of fin-
gers or other serious personal injury.
Irregular or freehand shaping takes a high degree
of skill and dexterity. The fence assembly is not
used in irregular shaping, so rub collars must be
used. See the rub collar section for details. Also,
unless your jig is designed to touch the rub collar
before contacting the blade, a starting fixture must
be used to begin your cut.
When doing freehand work, a starting pin
must be used. The purpose of the starting pin is
to support the workpiece during the beginning of
the cut. Your shaper is supplied with a starting pin
that can be placed in one of the holes located in
the shaper table. The work should be placed in
the starting position, using the starting pin for sup-
port as illustrated in Figure 24.
Figure 24. Always feed against cutter rotation.
G0510 3⁄4 HP Shaper
Next, swing the work into the cutter while holding
the workpiece firmly against the starting pin. After
the cut has been started, the work should be
swung away from the starting pin and is support-
ed just by the rub collar, as shown by the broken
line positions in Figure 24.
ALWAYS FEED AGAINST THE ROTATION OF
THE CUTTER.
For irregular shaping:
1. Remove the fence assembly.
2. Choose the appropriate cutter for your appli-
cation and lock it in place.
3. Check the rotation of the cutter.
4. Adjust the spindle height to align your work-
piece to the cutter.
5. Insert a starting pin into the table surface,
using the pin location that best supports your
work.
6. Use some type of hold-down fixture and
guard when doing freehand work.
Incorrectly feeding stock—feeding WITH the
rotation of the cutter—creates a potentially
uncontrollable feed situation may pull stock
from your hands. Follow the above instruc-
tion all the time or serious personal injury
can occur.
7. Make a sample cut on a piece of scrap wood.
8. If everything is correct, feed your workpiece
along the cutter, using firm pressure to keep
your work against the rub collar. Feed
AGAINST the cutter rotation only.
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