A few years back I bought a Hollow Mortise jig to fit my drill press, and after a few tries I was ready to through the darn thing out. I didn’t use it for a long time after. Until one day I saw these small cone sharpeners, sold by Lee Valley page 121 of their cat.
Now my real question, I have a couple of chisels with broken bits. Can I purchase just the bit, or do I have to buy the hole thing.
Many thanks Jack
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I wuz askin' that very question my own self last weekend. Answer: Had to buy the whole new set. (Even if you could buy just the bit, it would have to be from the same mfgr. & the same set.) I had to buy both a 1/4" and a 3/8". Not to expensive tho' -- under $15 each.
BTW, the sharpening cones help with sharpening these things, but they won't make a silk purse out of that sow's ear of a DP mortiser. ;-)
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
thought so. Thanks for your reply
Jack
Mike,
Oh sure, go on and pile on the pore ol' drill press mortiser. Maybe you can't drill a pocket screw hole with one, or plough a slot for a biscuit, but really, mine isn't all that bad. I know, I'm starting to sound like Frenchy with his watered down shellac, ... will slink off into my corner, muttering under my breath. ...jus' learn to set 'em up right...., 's all ya gotta do...
Ray
Well, I'm not sayin' they're zackly useless. Heck, I use mine every day. (It's sitting on my sandpaper to keep it weighted down and flat! Works just fine for that.) Frankly, if somebody wants one, it's theirs for the cost of shipping. One less thing to trip over. ;-)
If I was in the market, I save the money I was gonna spend on one of these towards even a crummy mortiser (which, btw, mine is). (Hey, I'm startin' to see a trend here . . . . )
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
Mike
If you find someone to take yours, they can have mine, too. It came with the drillpress I bought about 10 years ago. It can't cut a clean mortise in butter, let alone wood.
Jeff
All,
Q: Why'd the chicken cross the road?
A: To show the 'possum, it can be done!
It looks like you mortised into the drill press table a little....
-Steve
Steve,
Pay no attention to those holes in the tabletop...It was that way when I bought it, new...Awww...ok
Sometimes, I forget to set the depth stop. One of the benefits of having a cast iron table, is that it lets you know when you've gone too far ;-))
Cheers,
Ray
The real benefit of a cast iron table is that it lets you know non-destructively (to the drill bit, at least).
-Steve
Steve,
"it lets you know non-destructively (to the drill bit, at least)."
Not so for mortise bits, unfortunately :-0(
Ray, older, and wiser, (a little)
Nice leg Chicken Man.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 2/6/2008 9:45 am ET by KiddervilleAcres
Bob,
Chicken man? What the buck are you squalking about?
buck, buck, qualk,
Ray
Ray,
Heard from Paddy? Hope he didn't get tangled up in all those tornadoes down his way.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
Da hat is sposed to blow thru here tomorrow sometime. I believe that E tenn got a lighter hit than the western part of the state. Calling for thunderstorms, gusty wind here this eve, as the tail end of the front passes by.
Ray call me chicken legs
The secret is to chill the butter with dry ice first.
-Steve
Sparky, keep in mind the cones have a particular angle for particular chisels. There are two sets at Lee Valley. One is for Delta bits, the other set is for their own bits, made in Japan.
Forestgirl, As per Lee Valley's 2007/08 cat. page 121. Two chisels & bits are shown, premium Hollow Mortise Chisels and bits and the the Economy Chisels and bits and in both they have a cone sharpeners, one of them is larger, but it does not say as to the angle on the cone.
But I thank you for pointing it out.
Jack
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