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For that depth of cut, assuming .5084 is against the column and .5104 is on the outer end, I would not be surprised but I also would not consider it "normal". Clearly the 0.020 depth of cut only takes place by the column, and sort of peters out by the far end of the workpiece. That could be resolved by tightening ram gibs, positioning the ram so there is less stickout at the end of the stroke (you only need 4" out of 7" or so), sharper tooling, etc.So if this came off your shaper would you figure it’s about the normal?
If I am misunderstanding the numbers, and the .5080-.5084 is the taper you are talking about, perhaps the tool got pushed up into the toolholder *or* got pulled out of the toolholder when it dug in. I've had both happen; thinking of making a better toolholder than the lantern for bog-standard stock trueing.