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1st January 2012, 08:59 PM #1Senior Member
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Chisel Mortiser or drill press?
I am a hobbyist but would like to cut mortises using a mortise chisel rather than having to square up the holes by hand.
My question is whether there is any advantage to purchasing a dedicated chisel mortiser eg CT-HM16D Carba-Tec® Benchtop Chisel Mortiser, rather than, say a DP-4116B Carba-Tec® ¾HP 16 Speed Bench Drill Press, and adding a
Chisel Mortise kit, eg CarbaTec MAS-2-KIT?
Apart from the obvious one that a dril press serves other purposes.
Any views or insights appreciated.
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1st January 2012, 10:00 PM #2
The first time you use a chisel mortiser attachment on a drill press, you will immediately realise why should have bought a mortiser.
On the other hand, maybe just try using old school mortise chisels and make them by hand. With good chisels, it's not that hard. I sold my mortiser (a PowerMatic PM-701) and bought Lie-Nielsen mortise chisels instead.
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1st January 2012, 11:50 PM #3Senior Member
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Thanks, Mark
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2nd January 2012, 09:42 AM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Hello Stewart 59,
I have just bought a new heavy duty drill press so that I can drill,sand, mortise and plane. Like most tools a dedicated mortiser probably does that function marginally better but it is not multi purpose. I would suggest as a hobbyist that you look seriously at a pedestal drill press because of the multi function. That is why in the end I went that way. Hope that helps. John M.
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2nd January 2012, 03:33 PM #6
The whole mortise is cut with the chisels. Some folks drill a hole in the middle of the mortise first but I've never felt the need.
The trick is to buy real mortise chisels.
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Your final decision is probably going to have as much to do with the amount of room you have in your workshop and budget as anything else.
I have a decent strong drill press that does a good job of mortising with my mortice drill attachment.
Very little cleaning up of the hole needs to be done once I have set up the machine.
A dedicated mortiser as Mark H says is better but only if you do a lot of them ( which I don't ) and can afford one.
Stewie
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4th January 2012, 08:18 PM #8Retro Phrenologist
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How many mortices are you going to cut over the next, say, 12 months?
How many holes are you going to drill?
The chisel morticer is going to cost you $300 and you still won't be able to drill holes.
To me a morticer is a specialist bit of gear, I would have to have a real need to even consider it - and if I had that real need I would want something better than the $300 device.
my 2c - you don't get much for 2c these days
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4th January 2012, 10:46 PM #9China
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Buy yourself a good drill press and a couple of good mortice chisels, the attachments for drill press are rubbish and you will never be happy with it, if you have a large number to do, or ongoing work for one go for the dedicated machine, reasonable one will set you back about $1,500.00
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Or buy a domino
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5th January 2012, 12:31 AM #11
I use a router to do my mortices, quick and easy Floating tenons and Bobs your uncle
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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Thanks for all the advice. 6 different opinions! Great stuff. Clearly not so straightforward.
Stewart
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5th January 2012, 01:04 PM #13
Make that seven... If you're dead set on buying a machine, buy a slot mortiser like this one at Carbatec.
Cheaper than a Domino and industrial strength.
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9th January 2012, 12:04 PM #14
The problem with all these questions is it depends on information you haven't given in the origional post.
How much space ?
How often ?
What type of project ? will the mortices be through and visible ?
What other equipment have you ? If for example you have a router table it's trivial to round over loose tenons and cut the mortice with a router freehand.
How are you intending to cut your tenons ?
Do you "like" working with hand tools or prefer machines ?
Those questions will narrow your answer down.I'm just a startled bunny in the headlights of life. L.J. Young.
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10th January 2012, 05:24 PM #15
A basic bench top mortiser is a very useful tool and I only have the $300 one - a jet! I would never get the mortiser attachment as the kind of pressure you need to exert on the chisel is probably not too good on your drill press - get a machine designed to handle this kind of force.
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