no matter what he meant, i'm still leaning toward the facts in flash's 3 part account of hetchins: that - for the most part - the fleur-de-lisssss (?) and little geegaws were applied by mechanical means, meaning <not> lovingly cut & sculpted by the hands of an arteeeste. e-RICHIE aka Richard M Sachs chester, ct
StuartMX4@aol.com writes:
> Surely, a shaping machine is the correct term for what is more
> commonly called a shaper. It is used to machine flat surfaces by the
> reciprocating action of a tool rather than the rotating action of a
milling
> cutter, and it could not cut out shapes. It must have been a slip of
the
> tongue. What could he have meant, please, all you engineers out there?
> Stuart Tallack in Sussex