My table mounted router finally bit the dust today it has had a long hard life and paid for itself 100 times over, the home made cabinet it sits in has seen better days too and needs to be replaced also. I used it mainly for lots pattern cutting, raised panel doors and rounding over a lot of edges. I have never owned or used a shaper but i am considering a grizzly 1035 or 1026 to replace it (and the $500 or $900 price is pretty attractive since a good quality router table and router is not much cheaper, and do not have the time to construct a new table). cutter cost is not an issue . I do own a 1400 for out of table work. Any advice / opinions on either machines, learning curve or anything else you think i should consider.
Shaper or not ?
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colinw said:
I have the 3hp Grizz 1026, mine is around 7-8 years old now so I don't know if it's the same machine. It has served me well and I have run thousands of feet of stock through it.
I have a 1hp stock feeder on it. The fences are a pain to adjust, the arbors not convenient to change but if your turning large cutters or have a lot of the same profile to run there is simply no comparing a shaper to a router table.
That said, I also have a router table with an Incra Ls fence system that is my "go to" machine for small projects. With the ease of set up and accuracy of the LS I can have the boards run in less time it takes to set up & adjust the shaper.
You can see pic's of both here
FYI, if you have never run a shaper, they can be a little "scary" swinging a large cutter be careful
Scott W.
