Tired of driving Origin around? BenchPilot enables automated, hands-free cutting for Origin (Gen1 and Gen2) so you can focus on other tasks at hand. Clip Origin into BenchPilot and let it drive Origin from point A to point B, while Origin continues to handle the small precision movements. Think of it like autopilot for Origin.

Dimensioned and sized to fit perfectly with Shaper Workstation, BenchPilot creates a gantry-like system with horizontal and vertical milling capabilities – flexible for cutting joinery, inlays, intricate engravings, or profiles. It can also be mounted without Workstation and fit directly to your bench. It’s great for batch work or simply tedious and time-consuming jobs. Best of all, it doesn’t require complicated software, g-code, or other types of CNC programming to operate. If you know how to operate Origin, you’ll know how to operate BenchPilot.

• Drives Origin Automatically: Removes physical strain from long hours of Origin operation.
• Clip In, Unclip: Transform Origin to hands-free operation when you want to, then take Origin on the go when you need it.
• Variable feed rate control knob: Dial in the speed you want with real time control.
• Timer display: Origin will display its progress and time remaining while cutting with BenchPilot.

The Shelf Upgrade Kit maximizes the horizontal cutting area with Workstation. With its adjustable support leg, the Shelf Upgrade Kit helps maintain a flat and coplanar surface with the top of Workstation. This large shelf is over 3X bigger than the Shelf Assembly included with Workstation, making it a great candidate when you want to maximize the cuttable area with Workstation.  

Whether you’re driving Origin manually or using it with BenchPilot, the Shelf Upgrade Kit is an essential tool to get set up quickly and provide a flat, rigid, work surface. Slide the large shelf into place on Workstation’s clamping face; then use the lever to lock in the height; with the coarse and fine tune adjustment you can ensure that the surface is flat from front to back and remains so under load.

• Over 3X larger than the Shelf Assembly included with Workstation

• Stays flat under load with the included Adjustable Support Leg

• Fine tune adjustment to ensure coplanar surface with Workstation

• Does not include Shaper Workstation

Workstation is designed to streamline your workflow and expand Origin’s abilities by offering rapid, repeatable, and precise fixturing of a wide range of stock configurations. Workstation features a reusable ShaperTape field, an easily adjustable shelf for small or difficult-to-fixture workpieces, indexing pins for easy alignment and registration, and an angled fence for aligning stock from 0-45 degrees. These features greatly reduce setup time and make it easier than ever to get cutting quickly.

• Built-in ShaperTape: Origin will automatically recall all designs associated with your Workstation
• T-Track Clamping Face: Use the included clamps, or your own to fixture stock vertically
• Adjustable Shelf: Raise and lower parts for horizontal cutting
• Mounts to your bench & stores easily: Clamp Workstation to your bench or permanently mount. Flat pack when not in use