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   willy | Apr 26, 2007 11:34pm | #1

   I recommend you cancel the order. Mortising attachments on a drill press are not worth a tinker's da... I bought one for use on a Delta and it now sits on the shelf. If you were north of the 49th. I would send it to you for use as a paper weight. I always make a jig and use a template guide on my plunge router - - With a few practice jigs, you can get a perfect mortise. I just made eight mortises - 2 on each leg - for a kitchen table. F.W. issue 90, page 47 is one example and they had another article that got me started but I can't locate it. FW # 139-pg 80 is a good article on template collars. FW had another

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   MikeHennessy | Apr 27, 2007 02:15pm | #2

   I second Willy's suggestion you cancel the order. Whatever that accessory costs, put it in a piggy bank and keep adding spare change until you can get a mortiser. (You'll probably have enough saved by the time the attachment would be delivered the way "two weeks" has stretced!) Even an inexpensive tabletop unit will do a much better than the attachment. And, you'll save the endless hassle of switching back and forth between a drill press, mortiser, drill press, mortiser . . . .

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

   
   

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   Edited 4/27/2007 7:16 am ET by MikeHennessy

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   kummell | Apr 27, 2007 08:15pm | #3

   ok, ok!  you guys have convinced me...  I was initially thinking "heck, it's only $70 for the attachment, might as well get it and give it a shot."

   Scoured Craigslist and found a Jet tabletop version for $125 - much better deal than the PITA that you guys say the drill press version is. 

   as always, thanks for steering me in the right direction.

   Matt