| Year | 1951 |
| Date | 17-May |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 2,608 |
| Page | 628 |
| Category | Workshop |
| Part | |
| Title | How Not to Buy a Shaper |
| Author | "Base Circle" |
| Notes | The parts as received, second-hand, the bits and pieces, a start on the head, one good point! A difficulty overcome, general arrangement, testing for alignment, barely room to bend, the finished article, tee-bolts, a little out of proportion |