"John Siegel" wrote in message ...


David wrote:
Thanks for those suggestions, but as I previously posted
a flat bottom on the mortise isn't my concern.

David.

True But going all the way through should eliminate all artifacts leaving just a clean, square hole. Any
tear out on the exit side is covered by the bottom piece.

BTW There is another old way to do this but since you have a mortiser I suggested the above. You can start
with pieces as thich as half the width that you want and cut grooves with a dado blade. Then glue the two
halves together to make your clean square holes.


John, you make some good suggestions.

Originally, I just wanted to know if the mortise was what I should expect it to be.

Having never used a dedicated mortiser before, I was concerned I was missing something in the set up
that was causing the collar(ring) at the outer edges of the mortise.

Your suggestions would definitely avoid the problem I was having, if I had a little more fore-thought
I may have chosen a different method for the mortises.

Thanks for the input and ideas,

David.