Router Vs Shaper Raised Panel Doors

The shaper is more sturdy and should have a better fence and will likely have more power and speed and flexibility.

Router vs shaper raised panel doors.

I do approximately 300 doors per year and am making the move from a router table setup. Both versions make an equally good cut with the ogee profile. Our raised panel shaper cutters have been designed to work with stock from 5 8 to 3 4 thick. You may have to register before you can post.

If you plan on using 3 4 thick panel stock click here to purchase our specially designed 3 wing back cutter. If you do work more typical of the average hobby guy then charlie opted for the router table and a good sized router. To start viewing messages select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Click the register link above to proceed.

Supplied with a 1 2 bushing and rub collar. You can run a 5 diameter cutter on a shaper. Question i am in the process of setting up a 3 4 3hp shaper for doing rp doors. The difference is the size of the profile on the panel.

If you have a kitchen of about 30 raised panels to do it might take you almost 350 passes and by hand. If this is your first visit be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. 3 flute carbide tipped with a 3 4 bore. The one thing a shaper has going for it is that it comes with a split fence but you can build that into your router table design without much hassle ian kirby a good quality shaper is preferable to a good quality router.

Every panel had badly torn grain requiring between 45 minutes and 90 minutes of painstaking hand sanding to produce an acceptable surface suitable for finishing. Advice on choosing and setting up a shaper for making raised panel doors in the shop. When making large doors the smaller profile provided by a router bit sometimes doesn t look to scale on the project. To produce both the cope and stick cuts simply re arrange the cutters of the reversible combination rail and stile cutter 1000 on the spindle or raise and lower the stacked rail and stile cutter 1007 and 1010.

If you do a ton of raised panel doors and custom molding then the shaper is the clear deal. I can make the same cut on a shaper as i can on a router table the difference is that i can do a raised panel in one pass when it might take you 3 4. The biggest panel raiser you can run on a router is 3 1 2 diameter. This was with three progressive passes per surface end grain before side grain.

I have a couple questions i would like input from. As you may expect it is a bit more complicated when you look at it in depth but this conclusion was where charlie hung his hat. If you plan to make raised panel doors large exterior doors or wood furniture of any type shapers can.