Thread: Tough chain mortiser

Hi Greg,
Looking forward to seeing the results it will be a great machine Tough are very well made pieces of equipment.
Regards Rod.

G'day Rod, I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of this machine. The castings are very good and it's very well put together,and very simple in it's operation. I don't know much at all about TOUGH, but I'm thinking Matty may educate me. I have seen your Tough machine,and I'd be happy if i can get mine looking that good. Cheers Greg

Originally Posted by greggyboy

G'day Rod, I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of this machine. The castings are very good and it's very well put together,and very simple in it's operation. I don't know much at all about TOUGH, but I'm thinking Matty may educate me. I have seen your Tough machine,and I'd be happy if i can get mine looking that good. Cheers Greg

Greg I have to say I probably know as much as you on these, but I am fascinated by this little mortise machine, it looks like a very compact very neat machine.
Rod is the most experienced of us all, with two Tough machines under his belt I'd say we are in good hands !
Keep us posted Mate !!

Melbourne Matty.

Here are the pics of the completed project. I'm very happy with it,so much so that I'll keep it and move my Wolfenden on. It will do everything the Wolfenden does,although it only has a cutting stroke of 170mm as apposed to 270mm for the Wolfenden, but it's a lot more portable and easier to move around my small workshop. Cheers

Looking great Greg,
I really like the look of this machine the cross slide tables are similar to the chisel mortiser but look to be wider and the in and out motion has a hand wheel on a rack and pinion I presume, where as my chisel mortiser is adjusted in and out by sliding by hand along the dovetailed bed then locking in place with cam leaver.
Regards Rod.

Greg, a fine job on that Tough machine !
It would be nice to see the Tough emblem in red, only because i have seen Rod finish his like that and it looks Classy.
It will be a shame to see the old Wolfenden go, I hope you find a good home for it, some one who has appreciated it as much as you have Greg.
Speaking of appreciation, I see that you could be in to red wine as well as woodwork, The Petaluma has always been a bit of a favorite, I think I still have some 98 tucked away some where still..

Melbourne Matty.

Gday Rod and Matty,thanks for your comments.I was toying with the idea of painting the logo red,and will probably get my wife to do it as she's very good at artwork. If I did it,there'd be red paint everywhere. As well as the rack and pinion operation for in/out and side to side movement,the table can also swivel 45degrees each way for angled mortises. I'm not a wine drinker Matty, plain old BEER for me. I get lots of these french wine boxes,and sell them as a bit of a sideline and they a very popular especially amongst cafe and restaurant owners. Cheers Greg

Originally Posted by greggyboy

I'm not a wine drinker Matty, plain old BEER for me.
. Cheers Greg

Nothing wrong with beer Greg !


Melbourne Matty.

Is beer is good!!!

Originally Posted by greggyboy

Here are the pics of the completed project. I'm very happy with it,so much so that I'll keep it and move my Wolfenden on.

No problem. Stick it in the post and send it over.

How big is your letterbox?

You get it that far, I'll build a letterbox to fit it.

Hi Greg,
Painting the Logo on my lathe took a couple of goes brush on wipe of with turps rag start again till I was happy, with having said that I have seen in a post somewhere that another method is to use a wad of paper towel dipped in small amount of paint and dabbed on over a few coats works well I am sorry I cant recall where this was but painting a raised logo this way would probably be an easier way than with a brush and a not so steady hand. The morticer logo was much easier as it is a separate casting just spray and sand top after dry.
Regards Rod.

Originally Posted by Rod Gilbert

Hi Greg,
with having said that I have seen in a post somewhere that another method is to use a wad of paper towel dipped in small amount of paint and dabbed on over a few coats works well I am sorry I cant recall where this was ...
Regards Rod.

Rod, I bet it would have to be Shane Whitlock's blog on woodworking machinery restoration !

http://www.shanewhitlock.com/blog/

Melbourne Matty.