crossthread
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2004
- Location
- Richmond,VA,USA
Good morning. A friend of mine passed away and his wife has asked me to dispose of his tools. She told me I could keep anything of his that I wanted. I already have two lathes and two mills which are better then the ones he has. He does however have a 7" South Bend shaper. I have to be honest and say that I have personally never used a shaper. I know what they do generally but I have never said to myself that I wish I had one. My shop is already pretty crowded but I could fit it in somewhere if I felt a real need for it. I guess my real question is, where does a shaper excel over a mill? I also have to consider that even though she is being very generous by offering me any of his tools I want, I could sell the shaper along with the other tools and give the money to her. She is however in a very good financial situation and does not need the money. She just wants to get rid of the tools. Thanks very much for any input.