Both the shaper and the planer are single-point tools that cut only in straight lines. They both make the same types of cuts. The shaper handles relatively small work. The planer handles work weighing ...

James Mitchell takes his electric planer from the shelf and, with skill that comes only from years of experience, sets to work shaping a slab of polyurethane. He shaves a millimeter here, a millimeter ...

The high-pitched whine of the electric planer splits the air, and Malcolm Knight walks up and back, again and again, gradually carving a curve into the side of a block of foam. Although a vacuum sucks ...

Get your tickets here for the 2025 Boardroom Show, the world’s only surfboard-centric tradeshow featuring the Icons of Foam Shape-Off and Best In Show, in Del Mar on October 11-12 The eight shapers ...