Quote Originally Posted by Mark Bolton View Post
I dont think anyone will be scared off a shaper any more than they would be scared off a table saw. A healthy dose of respect is never a bad thing. As the OP stated, most sane minded people who even get a small 3/4" spindle shaper are a bit taken back when they see a cutter whip up for the first time. I know I was. Then you get to 7" and larger cutters and you tend to stand there for a second as you ponder your sanity. There is a reason why its often one of the later tools added to small shops and a huge part of that is the expense of the machine, tooling, and feeder, but the other part is a healthy dose of fear.
This.

I bought a shaper before I ever ran one, and I remember the wow factor from a "small" freud passage door set thay came with it the first time I fired it up.

Multiple larger shapers later i wouldn't be without one or two. I wonder to myself sometimes how people manage to run small Comercial one man sized cabinet shops without shapers and just router tables