shaper

thumb|Shaper tool slide, clapper box and cutting tool thumb|Shaper with Boring (manufacturing)|boring bar setup to allow cutting of internal features, such as keyways, or even shapes that might otherwise be cut with [[wire EDM]]

In machining, a shaper or shaping machine is a type of machine tool that uses linear relative motion between the workpiece and a single-point cutting tool to machine a linear toolpath. Its cut is analogous to that of a lathe, except that it is (archetypally) linear instead of rotary.