Shaper Plate made this easy

[Crazyraceguy]

We have had this huge job in production, in phases, for quite a while. Some areas get locks on the doors/drawers and others do not. When the doors are run on the CNC machines, the lock hole is bored at the same time. Somehow one got missed. The assembly guys let it go through, apparently thinking it didn't get one. These locks are to be installed in the field, so they just ship with this hole on the doors.
While loading it was discovered, so they bring it to me. It's not as simple as our normal locks, which get a 19mm (3/4") hole. That can be done quickly, by hand, with a Forstner bit.
While I'm being asked to take care of it, I ask "what size is that hole?" The response, "I'm not sure, something like 28.5mm?"
"Oh, so 1 1/8"....and I get the funny look.  "Yeah, I got it, leave it there."

Quick and easy. I rolled it onto its back, removed the handle, and marked out the spot. Then it's drop the Plate in place, line up the mark with the reticle and create a circle with the on-board function of Origin. I did it as a pocket, just so I could be as far from the outer diameter as I could be when the bit broke through the bottom. It is unsupported plastic laminate, so there was a chance of it breaking out some. It worked perfectly and only took a couple of minutes, and didn't even have to remove the door from the cabinet.
That's a lot of story, for a simple thing, and the absolutely most expensive way to do it to boot....lol. But, I don't have a Forstner bit that size.

 

[Rick Herrick]

Don't have mine yet but thats one of the beauties of the Plate.  For small things like that, it appears its an easy setup and execution.

 

[woodferret]

Ah, the story of Shaper Origin - Fix Stupid S&it.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Ah, the story of Shaper Origin - Fix Stupid S&it.

That's at least part of what I do on a regular basis.....lol

Generally, not of my own making, but fixing problems none the less.

 

[Rick Herrick]

When did you get your Plate?  I got the Workstation today and the SO is out there somewhere on its way.  When I checked on the website that I bought from, they are saying shipping Nov-Dec.. I have emailed them for info but curious as to how you got yours already.  I thought it a new product.

 

[4nthony]

When did you get your Plate?  I got the Workstation today and the SO is out there somewhere on its way.  When I checked on the website that I bought from, they are saying shipping Nov-Dec.. I have emailed them for info but curious as to how you got yours already.  I thought it a new product.

I ordered mine on September 14. The wait time was 10-14 weeks when I placed the order.

 

[festal]

Ordered mine when it was just announced, arrive about 2 weeks or so.  Opened it, looked at it, started to do the gridding setup and then got side tracked by fall projects,  mainly leaf removal from the property.  That pretty much as far as i got with the plate lol

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I ordered mine, as a pre-order, from ToolNut. It was just a day or two after the announcement. Then  I got an Email saying that the ship date would be Nov 4th.
The guys who ordered directly from Shaper, got theirs first, which makes a little sense, but not a whole lot IMHO. The first few were posting pics of theirs, on the Shaper website forum, about a week before I got mine. It came well before it was originally predicted though. I think it was about the 25th?
The shipping was weird though. I got an Email, saying it was shipped on a Saturday. Then nothing changed on the tracking website for a few days. All it ever showed was "label generated", no pick up, no terminal points, nothing. Then it just showed up on Wednesday the 26th, I just checked.

Same as [member=71889]festal[/member] the first thing I did was grid it up to zero on the reticle and save that space with a similar name. It's fantastic for anything that is small enough to fit in the window. You just put a pencil mark where you want the center of your feature, set the Plate in place over it, slide the reticle down to locate it, slip in back up and go.
My Origin and Workstation came at the same time. Not in the same box, but same shipment. That was from ToolNut too. I think the only thing I have gotten directly from Shaper was the 1/8" collet. Now, they sell them in sets (even the 8mm) which is now an "official" product from them. of course they do, now that I have them already. I used one from an MFK700.