Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 02:51 PM
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 05:48 PM
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 05:54 PM
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tmc, I have a Makita chisel mortiser looking for a new home
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 06:31 PM
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Tim, All in good fun. No barbs intended.
I thought the iPhone toting joiner working with your powered boring machine was a cool study in contrasts!!!
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 07:23 PM
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Bmike, I was only kidding too. Humor doesn't show much in blogs without smiley faces :-) Roger, Ive never used the chain mortiser or the chisel mortiser but it looks to me like the chain mortiser is the tool to make this work easier for me and save me a lot of labor time which I need to do because this is a project I'll be doing at my house when I can get the time away from my keyboard punching job. I will keep the chisel mortiser in mind in case I can't come up with an affordable used chain mortiser. Thanks for mentioning it.
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 09:44 PM
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The hollow chisel mortiser is a good choice if you place a high priority on precise cutting over high production speed and if you use softwood timber, ideal for Japanese style joinery where flat bottoms, depth control and a rotatable cutting angles shine over square cuts and round bottoms of chain mortisers.
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 10:13 PM
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Roger, how is the chisel mortiser for the angles like for braces and beam-to-post instead of straight mortises? Also, what amount of time do you think one mortise would take to cut using either mortising tool and new Parr chisels, bearing in mind that while I am new to these particular tools (not hand chisels) I think I can probably do at least half-speed compared to a pro like yourself. Can you email me your asking price and photos at terry_mcquade@mac.com
I appreciate the education regarding precision and speed.
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 10:24 PM
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All those qualities are attainable with the morticer I posted. Although I am still considering "rotatable cutting angles". It won't get much cheaper than the morticer I posted, either. Common man, democratic morticer. (borrowed terms)
I liked the contrast as well, Mike. I could have picked the ten minute video of me boring 8, 3" deep, 1-1/2" x 9" mortices. That is about a minute per mortice. Then the fine tuning comes in and that only took about another minute per moritce to finish then off, corner chisel and slick, double check with a combo square. Total about 3 minutes/per, educated guess.
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 10:47 PM
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Tim, if cost wasn't a factor in choosing the best tool for mortising, would your top pick be a newer chain mortiser and will a corner chisel save me time and aggravation? I've got what I believe to be good framing chisels and a 3" bent slick but haven't decided about the corner chisel
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Re: I need a chain mortiser
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12/20/13 10:55 PM
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No choice a corner chisel will be needed. I know Jack Sobon doesn't use, or didn't use one but I have tried it and just can't make it work with out a corner chisel, I have even tried a corner chisel in an air driven device, still working on that one.
If money was no object I would love to try a Mafel chain morticer, new not worn out.
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