Do 1/2" Bore Stile and rail bits exist for shapers?

[Rick Nagy]

Hello Everyone,

I was given a shaper last week by a customer of mine. It is an older, smaller one, and there are no markings on it. It's painted grey, but when I looked underneath I saw what looked like "grizzly green".... I looked in my catalog and it looks almost exactly like the g1050z, right down to the belt guard underneath. I guess whatever brand it is, that's irrelevant. ANYWAY...

It has a 1/2" spindle and I was excited about getting matched stile and rail bits & a panel raiser for 3/4" door making. When I went to the grizz and MLCS catalogs I saw that all of these bits were 3/4" bore.

My questions are:
1. Does anyone make a stile / rail bit set for a 1/2" spindle.
2. The machine needs belt and a new spindle as the threads are pretty abused. Should I invest in cleaning this thing up when what I want it for is primarily door making? Or should I save my money and get something with a 3/4" spindle?

I have a big bosch router in a table that I use for making raised panel doors now.

Thanks for any replies,

Rick

[Chris Rosenberger]

Rick,
A lot of sets come with bushings for 1/2" spindles. If you buy a set and they do not have the 1/2" bushings let me know as I have several sets laying around.

Chris

[Richard Wolf]

If you check the Grizzly cat., they carry bushings, spacers and rub collars for most sizes.

Richard

[Russ Massery]

I bought most of my shaper cutters from Woodline. Almost of them came with 1/2" bushing. You can find them at http://www.woodline.com (http://www.woodline.com)P.M. me, I have a box full of them. You can have mine too.

[Rick Nagy]

Thanks for the help, I thought the bushings were the way to go, but i wasn't sure if that was the safe way, or the recommended way.

Rick