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   utternovice | Mar 11, 2004 04:54am | #1

   Have used the 14-651 in maple and red oak.  I agree that it seems you have to push/pull on the handle too much - although I had never used a hollow chisel mortiser before this one so I don't have anything to compare it to.  The last time I used it, I did two things that seemed to improve its performance - indexing the handle to a so that it was in a near near horizontal position just before the bit contacted the wood - while that shouldn't effect the force required to push the chisel into the wood, it seemed to work smoother.  The other thing is that I increased the gap between the shoulder of the chisel where it goes into the cast housing so that more of the bit protruded from the end of the chisel.  Was probably around a 3/16+ gap - I believe that the manual recommends 1/8-3/16.  Anchoring it the bench seemed to help a little also.  Previously I had been setting it much smaller.  (Confession time - I rushed right in to using the tool without reading the manual).

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   JeffHeath | Jan 07, 2010 04:47pm | #2

   The bits that come with those inexpensive machines are generally not sharpened very well, and are not of high quality. Just like a new chisel, or a new hand plane, you need to sharpen the square chisel faces, inside and outside, and you also need to sharpen the drill bit. It will make all he difference in the world.

   Jeff

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   polarsea1 | Jan 08, 2010 12:17am | #3

   Six year old thread.

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   jonnieboy | Jan 09, 2010 12:28am | #5

   That bit will really need sharpening by now. This is advice that gets more relevant as time goes by.

   --jonnieboy

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   jhonbaker | Jan 08, 2010 04:50pm | #4

   This happens a lot or seems to anyway. When I posted about my shop floor what actually posted was something different and a few years old. I had to repost and alter the topic heading - ie - workshop flooring changed to wood floor for workshop so it would post properly - I wonder if this isn't what is happening, it seems odd to me that it would revert to a saved thread of the same name without sending the new information.