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The same sander, the same table, the same problem.
Contacted them and got a replacement.
Don't know why but the second set worked.

I want to add one thing. The style of my furniture are mostly the Shaker style without much edge treatment. If you like to decorate your edge or add molding and profiles, I guess the shaper is...

Hi Brian,

I bought a Hammer B3 1.5 years ago and I'm enjoying every bit of it. And yes, I'm happy with my decision that I paid about $3,500-4,000 more to include the shaper. Having said that, I'm...

Hi Erik,

Although I am a Felder/Hammer user, you still helped me through this forum and PM.
You were amazing. I hope I still can see your candid and thoughtful comments here!

Hi Dan,

The price with a 78-inch slider and an outrigger sounds quite good. I paid almost a similar amount for a B3.
For me 78 was big enough too. I'm not sure how often you rip a full sheet.
...

Hi Mark,

Here is the pic of one of the spindle heads.
You can see two pins from the top section. It is difficult to see but the third ring from the bottom also has two set screws to keep it in...

Thanks Andy.

Yes, mine is Hammer B3. I was looking at the spindle this afternoon and you are right. I don't see there is a way for the cutter get loose in both directions. The holding screw is...

Thanks David,

Yes, mine is reversible. Also the arbor is not threaded. So, I assume the clockwise rotation won't increase the risk. It's just I'm not used to the opposite feed direction.
Also, I...

Thanks Lowell,

This makes a perfect sense now.
This could be safer than the big horizontal cutters that expose so much blades from the fence.

Hi Lowell and Mel,

Sorry that I was so dumb about "vertical". Do you mean, you use something like euro-type insert cutter that allows to mount cutter blades vertically? If that's the case, it...

Thank you all.

I am not sure if I understood all the responses, but here is what I thought;

1) Cutting vertical: I didn't know that there were shapers that can cut a panel vertically. The arbor...

Hi,

I recently purchased Freud pr2000, a panel raising cutter. I have been using router bits to raise panels and this is the first shaper cutter for me.

I understand that there are two ways to...

Hi Jeff,

I have B3+A331. Very happy about the purchase. They are well built, joy to use, and worth every penny.

Having said that we, seasoned hobbyists, have already learned, often in a hard...

Thanks John, Joe, and Kevin,

I guess I start to understand why I sometime see successful second rips by F&F in Internet. Some high-end saws have their slider and rip fence quite parallel from the...

Hi Joe,

I found the F&F jig doesn't work well for the second rip using the rip fence as a guide because rip fences are usually set slightly toe-out to the right, while the slider is toe-out to the...

I'm completely with Andrew. Bandsaws are still mystery for me; there are good days and bad days. Maybe the species and sizes of the wood. Or maybe just my perception about the noise, vibration, and...

Jack, this is COOL!!
Wonder why nobody came up with this idea before.
I wonder if ceramic would be a better material for this. Maybe it would be difficult to machine, though...

Thank you all,

So, if I hear you correctly, it doesn't make too much sense to do 7 passes with a router bit using a 4hp shaper.
I don't think I have guts to raise a panel with one pass but 2...

Thanks Martin,

Mine is 4hp. No slouch, but not a 9hp monster.
How many passes do you do with your setting?

Hi all,

I have a shaper but for raised panels, I'm still using a router bit (3.5 inch). It runs and cuts fine with a 1/2 inch coupler and at 10,000 rpm. The shaper runs much quieter and smoother....

When I was told to wait for 6 months by Hammer/Felder, my jaw dropped but the waiting was not as agonizing as I thought. If I were treated like Dirk, that 6 months would have been pure frustration,...

There is a really nice video here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK9m5PadmiI
From around 3:00, Mr. Wandel talks about the beam (I believe both blade beam and saw beam) strength.

There are so...

Hi Brodie,

I have A331 and B3, together the same as C3.
Of course, I wish that I have a 12-inch planer, a 12-inch jointer, a sliding table saw, and a shaper all as separate machines. In this way,...

I forgot to mention one thing. The ceramic guides from Felder are of good quality, but the installation of the lower guide really tells that they are after thought.
There is not enough space in the...

Hi Jim,

I switched to ceramics for my FB510. My short answer is, I like it better than the Euro type.
I am not sure if the ceramics make the cut better. There are so many factors that seem to...