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   jkl | Jan 06, 2006 08:34am | #1

   There's an article in last (2004-2005) winter's Tools and Shops issue of FWW.

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   RickL | Jan 06, 2006 11:32pm | #2

   The best one was in  Fine WW  #141...BTW, the machine would be called a horizontal slot mortiser. The Grizzly G0540 is an alternative to making one...see review

   http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/messages.pl?read=252141

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   barn | Jan 07, 2006 07:22pm | #5

   Thanks.  I'll need to find that issue #142 somewhere.  Unless it would be acceptable for someone to post a small picture or diagram of that jig for referance.

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   RickL | Jan 08, 2006 12:00am | #6

   #141 and it's best to refer to the article on construction. Using cheap slides will ruin the fixture and you will have bad results.

   
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   JsHerbel | Jan 07, 2006 12:59am | #3

   For myself, nothing works as easily or accurately for making mortises as a simple router jig that uses a guide bushing. There is an example of how one is made and works in FWW#179 A Classic Case. (I thought maybe I invented this idea of making mortises, but I probably had seen the idea somewhere and it lied in the subconscious until I "invented" it). I checked the buy back issues tab on Taunton's website and there is a picture of this jig there.

   I have about a half dozen made for fifferent thicknesses of stock. Unlike the author of the article, who only uses it for the end grain when making floating tenons, I use it for both the end grain mortise and the long grain mortise. I see no reason why a person would want to do differently. Two of the things to consider when making mortises like this are that you'll want to register the jig against the same face of the boards, i.e. either on the front faces of the boards or the back faces, so that the mortises line up. Also, the router should be held in the same psoition for all mortises to account for any chance the bit may not be exactly centered in the bushing.

   I can flat knock out accurate mortises using this method. There is really not much set up time after the jig is made. I like it better than a dedicated mortiser as it is much quicker and the results are better, and best of all it's cheap!

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   barn | Jan 07, 2006 07:19pm | #4

   Thanks everyone for your help.