Its cut is analogous to that of a lathe, except that it is (archetypally) linear instead of helical.
#"Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVito, Giorgio Calabrese) - 2:57
Edwin R. Fellows (May 29, 1865 – May 21, 1945) was an American inventor and entrepreneur from Torrington, Connecticut who designed and built a new type of gear shaper in 1896 and, with the mentoring of James Hartness, left the Jones & Lamson Machine Company to co-found the Fellows Gear Shaper Company in Springfield, Vermont, which became one of the leading firms in the gear-cutting segment of the machine tool industry.
Gerry Lopez (born 1948), American surfer, shaper, journalist, and film actor
# "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVito, Giorgio Calabrese) – 3:48
Ellenroad Ring Mill line shafting from a 6hp National oil engine drives a replica 1910 workshop with forge, power hammer, a lathe, radial arm drill and shaper.
At a young age, his father, competitive surfer and surfboard shaper Rick Naish, moved the family from California to Kailua, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
# "Softly, As I Leave You" (Giorgio Calabrese, Antonio De Vita, Hal Shaper) – 3:13