What morticer do you have ?

[Scrit]

Once set up, one can bang them out even quicker than on a dedicated mortising machine (I have and use both).

Yes, but does your mortiser have a moving table and stops the way a 571 has? There are mortisers and mortisers.

However, I am certain that the Rat would give up the ghost in a professional environment pretty quickly as it is not robust enough by a long way.

I think I'd have to agree with you there (having had a rat). Horses for courses

Scrit

 

[Scrit]

I spoted this one too Ebay

There's also another Sedgwick, and another and then there's a Multico K1. So a fair selection

Scrit

 

[JFC]

Thanks guys im keeping an eye on all of those

So are you suggesting that JFC should dump his morticer and get a better router?

:lol: :lol: :lol: Oi ive got the 625 and the MOF177E :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

I used a multico prior to the sedgwick they are good machines and similar to the sedgwick, extra wheel to turn, so I think its just a case of whats on offer and what price they are.
The sedgwick is probably slightly more compact.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, but does your mortiser have a moving table and stops the way a 571 has? There are mortisers and mortisers.

Scrit

Yes, it has a moving X-Y vice/table, but no stops.

In all honesty, although i quite like using my hollow chisel mortiser, the rat is much quicker at cutting moritces than the HC mortiser :?

 

[JFC]

Maybe quicker doing a stop mortice but is it quicker doing a through mortice or a haunched mortice ?

 

[Barry Burgess]

Jason I think that a RAT would not find a home in a shop like yours where you have to earn your living from it - not quick enough and totally lacks the robustness of the morticers mentioned by Scrit et al
Barry

 

[JFC]

Barry i think you are wrong !

I have looked into the RAT

I have measured up its dimensions ,

its axis capability

and taken into consideration how sturdy it will be when put through its intended use .



In summery



I think



it would make




a perfect




shelf for my cup of tea :wink: :lol:

 

[Alf]

He's right; it does.

 

[Barry Burgess]

Jason
What a lucky bugger I am - I don't drink tea so have no use for one. It would have been a problem if you said it was ideal for the beers or an ideal drinks holder at the spa - I would have had to go out and get one.
Barry

 

[Scrit]

It would have been a problem if you said it was ideal for the beers or an ideal drinks holder at the spa - I would have had to go out and get one.

There was talk of someone doing an aftermarket tinnie cooler Barry, so you never know :wink:

Scrit

 

[woodbloke]

I had one from Axminster where the job had to be moved for the next chop..trouble was the machine would never keep the same set and had to be constantly adjusted, so I flogged it on fleabay earlier in the year. Now I cut mortices with a router (don't do many of them on a regular basis) and clean up with a chisel. There's a good review of several current machines in a fairly recent edition of F&C - Rob

 

[Ed]

Jason,

"shelf for my cup of tea "

I've got those spare castors for turning the legacy into a tea trolley if you still need them....

Just imagine the delicate spiral you could put on a 2 foot battenburg!



Ed

PS. I've got a 3 foot length of yew log with your name on it down at the Shack. I'll bring it up next week.

 

[JFC]

Did you carve the name with the rat Ed ? :lol:

 

[OLD]

Fox/Delta with swivel base .

 

[Pecker]

a really old cast iron machine made in 1903, then converted to electric late fifties/early sixties!!!

mark

 

[mel]

bullet proof sedgewick . built in the same fashion as a tank
eats through oak like a hot knife through butter :lol:
and new chisels are only £60-£80 each :shock:
but my son will hand it down to his son and so on

 

[shockingmoment]

Sedgewick 571, bought from my local college for £50.00! I was on a beginners woodworking course and they were having a clearout.....! Right place, right time!