I have a small shaper that I don't really use that much. In fact, it's use so far has only been for making rails and stiles and raised panels. I also have a small stock feeder with mounts for my shaper and router table.
Now I am intending on making a bunch of baseboard moulding and have the knives and head to do so. I have 2 questions I'd like answered before I start on this project. The first involves setting up the knives. The molding head is 2 inches high and the knives are 3 inches high. My common sense would be to mount the knives so 1/2 inch is above and below the head. Would this be correct?
Second question involves position of the stock feeder. All the times I've used it my stock is parallel to the table with the rollers pressing down and slightly angled toward the fence. In this case the stock will be positioned vertically along the fence. Again, my sense tells me that I should position the feeder on it's side so that it is pushing the stock against the fence with slight down pressure. Is this correct? It seems that trying to position the feeder so that it contacts the top of the wood, 3/4" thick in this case, would be a little difficult.