Drill press mortise attachments are better than nothing, but don't work all
that well if you're going to be doing a lot of mortises.

A good router jig, (seems like there have been two or three a year in the ww
mags), might be the best way for you to go since you already have the most
expensive part. Check the online pages of the ww mags for router mortising
jigs, or do a google on those words.

That said, I have made plenty of mortises with a hand drill, a bit of the
appropriate size, and a regular chisel or two. You can even use a wood or
pattern maker's rasp to clean the overlapping holes out if you don't have a
chisel.

Also, might want to check out both pocket hole joinery and biscuit joinery.

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"Mike W." wrote in message

/I like the look and the practicality of it. The issue is
that it uses Mortise and Tenon jointery. I can make the tenon with a
planned homemade jig for my table saw... the mortise is the hard part. I
dont have a drill press. I dont have any 'good' mortise making chisels.
Can I do this with a normal drill and some semi cheap wood chisels?
Should
I just give up and make a drill press number one on my list of tools to
get... before the biscuit jointer and other items?

It seems that every project I do I say, 'If I just had a insert new tool
name here then I could do this like Norm'.
Its discouraging... but I'm fairly young so I know I have a while to go
before I'm even close.