Morticer Recommendations

stee369 · 17 May 2007

Hello All

I plan to buy a mortiser soon, that, it is claimed can manage cuts up to 1".

Any advice regarding what to avoid, recommendations very much appreciated - Can go to £350'ish.

Cheers

Stee

Scrit · 17 May 2007

That 1in generally means 1in in softwoods or 3/4in in hardwoods. There was a thread on the same subject not so long ago here which might be of use, as well as this older one. The sSedgwick 571 and Multico M1 are probably both available secondhand in the price range you are talking about and are excellent joinery shop machines.

Scrit

shockingmoment · 17 May 2007

I'll second the Sedgwick 571

Lord Nibbo · 18 May 2007

Hi Stee, I asked the same the same questions some time back with exactly the same budget. Same answers then as now, it's a no brainer, as already mentioned the Sedgwick 571 rules.
I took about three months searching the internet then this one came up on ebay

I got it for £320 :lol:

Then I stripped it down and did a paint job on it

It now looks like this

:lol:

stee369 · 18 May 2007

Thanks All,

Seems like it's going to be a Sedgwick then. 8)

Nice paint job!

Ta

Stee

shockingmoment · 18 May 2007

Lord Nibbo - do you recall how heavy the counterbalance weight is? Mine was missing originally

Thanks,

SM

btw I'll second the compliment on the paint job.

Lord Nibbo · 18 May 2007

Hmmm! How heavy? I bet Scrit knows :lol: I don't know but it must be the same or very nearly the same weight as the motor and slide bracket. Rough dimensions of the weight are 8"- 10" high and about 5" square.