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In machining, a shaper or shaping machine is a type of machine tool that uses linear relative motion between the workpiece and a single-point cutting tool to machine a linear toolpath. Its cut is analogous to that of a lathe, except that it is (archetypally) linear instead of rotary.
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| Shaper | is a | functionally different woodworking tool | 0.90 | text |
| Shaper | related to External links | Lathes | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | Samuel Bentham | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | However | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | Roe | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | James Nasmyth | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | Shapers | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | In | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | CNC | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | But | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | Thus | 0.60 | section |
| Shaper | related to history | They | 0.60 | section |
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