A shaper is a machine tool primarily designed to generate a flat surface by a single point cutting tool. Besides this, it may also be used to perform many other operations. The different operations, which a shaper can perform, are as follows :
- Machining horizontal surface
- Machining vertical surface
- Machining angular surface
- Slot cutting
- Key ways cutting
- Machining irregular surface
- Machining splines and cutting gears
