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Power Rapid Traverse

   The power rapid traverse mechanism onshapers simply uses power to move thetable quickly. Hand power is done away

with. The greatest advantage of power rapidtraverse is the amount of time saved by itsuse. It instantly moves the work up to thetool for the cut, thus reducing the time

between cuts to little or nothing. Also, whenthe piece is nished, time is saved, sincethe table can be loaded or unloaded withoutinterference of the tool and the post.

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Worktables

  sually supplied with shapers. !orktablemay be fed hori"ontally either by hand orby power, and it may be ad#usted

vertically to provide for di$erent #obswhich may vary considerably in height.

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Tool Head: Vertical and AngularDownfeed

   The tool head is designed to hold the tooland also to be used in ad#usting the toolfor the desired cut. The slide and the

screw permit a considerable amount ofdownfeed, and because of the swivelconstruction between the head and theram, this feed may be vertical or at any

desired angle in the plane of the swivel.

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Hydraulic !aper

  %perates under hydraulic power.