On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 17:56:12 -0700, OFWW <
ofww1...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Had additional problems in that the bits were larger diameter than the
chisels. Made the square hole look rounded. Filed off the bit while
running then sharpened the bit. Sharpened the chisel to polish per
Leon and it improved the ease of cutting but found that the hole
drifted toward the operator from the top to the bottom by 1/32" didn't
matter if you rotated the chisel the outcome was the same.
Noticed some slop in the bushing for the chisel spindle, couldn't find
my shim stock so I stole a bit of the wife's aluminum foil, it was
pretty close to perfect for the gap, trimmed a piece to fit and
carefully installed and now the hole drifting was reduced to less than
1/64" but still when you expect a tenon to fit a mortise with that
much of an angle in 3/4" it would require minor mods to each joint, so
I am going to opt out of the HF Mortiser for those reasons, plus the
chisels have a 3/4" shank and most new bits n chisels are 5/8" shank.
The last gotcha, after getting it all to work that well, is that the
fence is about 3/4" behind the hold down block bracket. Rendering the
fence useless without adding a full length spacer, doing major
modification to it. It would be worth it for the price of this unit,
but not with all the attendant problems that it came with. So it is
time for me to bail out of this and give the unit 1 out of 5, but the
company 10 out of 10 for the way they handle things.
I now intend to use a router to make the Mortise's for the cabinet
doors, in conjunction with a jig of some sort. Way more flexibility on
Mortise sizes and bits for them.
Any ideas would be appreciated, for jigs. Short of the Festool, only
because of the price