Got the mortiser today. Set up is quick, the process of drilling a half-dozen holes and then swinging the arm back and forth a few times takes a minute or so and the floating tenon fits OK. Will need to tweak the settings to get it where I want it. Out of the box it was a tad loose on the ends of the mortise (or the tenons were a tad short :-)). Tweaked it and the mortise was a tad too tight.

Still need to try aligning with the mating board, but it seems this will be OK for light duty. It certainly isn't a Domino, but at less than 10% of the Festool price I think it's a good solution for my needs.

Larry

On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:38:03 -0800 (PST), "Gramp's shop"
wrote:

Got the mortiser today. Set up is quick, the process of drilling a half-dozen holes and then swinging the arm back and forth a few times takes a minute or so and the floating tenon fits OK. Will need to tweak the settings to get it where I want it. Out of the box it was a tad loose on the ends of the mortise (or the tenons were a tad short :-)). Tweaked it and the mortise was a tad too tight.

Do they have an RCH setting? If not, tell JessEm.
(OR, you could drill and tap one end, then install a fine-threaded
adjustment screw to get your RCH worth of movement.)


Still need to try aligning with the mating board, but it seems this will be OK for light duty. It certainly isn't a Domino, but at less than 10% of the Festool price I think it's a good solution for my needs.

You betcha. Great minds think alike, Larry. Carry on!

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On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:15:37 PM UTC-6, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:38:03 -0800 (PST), "Gramp's shop"

wrote:



Got the mortiser today. Set up is quick, the process of drilling a half-dozen holes and then swinging the arm back and forth a few times takes a minute or so and the floating tenon fits OK. Will need to tweak the settings to get it where I want it. Out of the box it was a tad loose on the ends of the mortise (or the tenons were a tad short :-)). Tweaked it and the mortise was a tad too tight.



Do they have an RCH setting? If not, tell JessEm.

(OR, you could drill and tap one end, then install a fine-threaded

adjustment screw to get your RCH worth of movement.)

Snip

I'll bite ... what is RCH? If you mean left-right micro adjustment, the answer is yes.

"Gramp's shop" wrote in news:fa796da7-c0fc-4653-9d93-
:

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:15:37 PM UTC-6, Larry Jaques wrote:
Do they have an RCH setting? If not, tell JessEm.

(OR, you could drill and tap one end, then install a fine-threaded
adjustment screw to get your RCH worth of movement.)

Snip

I'll bite ... what is RCH? If you mean left-right micro adjustment, the answer is yes.

Red C**t Hair, in other words, a very very small distance.

Gramp's shop wrote:


I'll bite ... what is RCH?

Ugh-oh...

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-Mike-

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:54:06 AM UTC-6, Doug Miller wrote:
"Gramp's shop" wrote in news:fa796da7-c0fc-4653-9d93-

:



On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:15:37 PM UTC-6, Larry Jaques wrote:

Do they have an RCH setting? If not, tell JessEm.



(OR, you could drill and tap one end, then install a fine-threaded

adjustment screw to get your RCH worth of movement.)



Snip



I'll bite ... what is RCH? If you mean left-right micro adjustment, the answer is yes.



Red C**t Hair, in other words, a very very small distance.

OK ... you got me. LOL.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:11:57 -0800 (PST), "Gramp's shop"
wrote:

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:54:06 AM UTC-6, Doug Miller wrote:
"Gramp's shop" wrote in news:fa796da7-c0fc-4653-9d93-

:



On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:15:37 PM UTC-6, Larry Jaques wrote:

Do they have an RCH setting? If not, tell JessEm.



(OR, you could drill and tap one end, then install a fine-threaded

adjustment screw to get your RCH worth of movement.)



Snip



I'll bite ... what is RCH? If you mean left-right micro adjustment, the answer is yes.



Red C**t Hair, in other words, a very very small distance.

OK ... you got me. LOL.

Yes, an Irish micro-adjustment measurement. g

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If government were a product,
selling it would be illegal.
--P.J. O'Rourke