Horizontal Slot Mortiser

I agree with this entire post.

I would love to see something simple, like this, available for purchase. Problem is, it would probably cost about the same as a domino.

You described a Domino.

How about a Rich line machine.Best machine you will ever own,Plus it’s made in America.Its expensive to have quality.

http://youtu.be/6VgpzrTk8vo

-- Aj

Something like this work? http://www.eagleamerica.com/product/415-9767/horizontal_router_table

-- "Man is the only animal which devours his own, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor." ~Thomas Jefferson

Matthias Wandel built his own.

http://woodgears.ca/slot_mortiser/index.html

Lock the blade out on a biscuit cutter and slide it across a table. Or clamp the biscuit cutter and use the “fence” and feed the material.

I have not tried it. It might work.

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Lock the blade out on a biscuit cutter and slide it across a table. Or clamp the biscuit cutter and use the “fence” and feed the material.

I have not tried it. It might work.

- Cooler

Sounds sort of dangerous to me. With a router bit doing the cutting there is no tendency for the bit to draw the work one way of the other. The rotating blade of the biscuit joiner would tend to grab at the work piece. You actually need to have a good grip on a biscuit joiner when you plunge the blade in the work or the cutter can move the tool off of the intended alignment position.

No. Just no.

Lock the blade out on a biscuit cutter and slide it across a table. Or clamp the biscuit cutter and use the “fence” and feed the material.

I have not tried it. It might work.

- Cooler

Yes. Exactly what I was hoping existed. Thank you very much for pointing me to this link.

How about a Rich line machine.Best machine you will ever own,Plus it s made in America.Its expensive to have quality.

http://youtu.be/6VgpzrTk8vo

- Aj2

Of course he did.
He probably also built the video camera he used to record the video on the link.
Is there anything that guy can’t do?

Matthias Wandel built his own.

http://woodgears.ca/slot_mortiser/index.html

- Kazooman

I am trying to figure out why I would want a horizontal slotter over my tenoning
I get tight tenons using the jig. Once set up it is fast to produce identical pieces. The long pieces are easily run on my table saw using a tall fence. I have a Delta jig and it is rock-solid.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiG_8Hs__LMAhUD1h4KHeaNCt8QjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwoodgears.ca%2Ftenon%2Freview.html&psig=AFQjCNHN0gFYtTm5L0iKCf-p0F292Ksmrg&ust=1464189162994712

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg-Q-3Q8CW0

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Cooler- yep, that TS tenon jig is great for tenons, but doesn’t make mortises.

Cooler- yep, that TS tenon jig is great for tenons, but doesn t make mortises.

- ELB

But mortise machines do. You can get a Delta Mortise machine for about $400.00 and the tenon jig for about $120.00. So less than $550.00 total. How much does that horizontal slotter cost? ( have both)

Addendum: I looked up the Richline 18-8 and in 2009 it cost $2,450.00 or $2,600.00 including the router.

It makes no sense to me.

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I have been down the hollow chisel mortiser road – I gave it a legitimate honest effort over several years – tuned, adjusted, sharpened, upgraded, modded, and it didn’t give me the results I desired and I didn’t enjoy using it. If it works for you, keep at it. I’m looking for something that is, for me, more accurate and repeatable, and less fussy. Hence this thread about available options for horizontal slot mortisers. If there’s a different post about the pros and cons of a hollow chisel mortiser somewhere, I can offer some experience based opinions (still, just opinions though, to which everyone is entitled to their own).

I agree with you on the TS tenoning jig. That’s the way to make tenons, no doubt about it.

Has anyone tried the new Grizzly G0846 – Horizontal Slot Mortiser? The price seems reasonable, assuming it does what they claim and remains stable over numerous repeated cuts. Past.

-- Pat