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Heavy-Duty 1-1/2 Horsepower Mortising Machine with Stand
The flexibility to perform compound-angled mortises with perfect control is what sets this Heavy-Duty Mortiser apart from all others. Simple adjustments allow the head to tilt up to 30° left or right, and the fence also pivots up to 30°, providing just about any combination of angles. Handwheel controls allow you to move the table left/right and forward/backward with precision and ease. Adjustable work stops help ensure consistent results with production runs. Round all this out with a 1-1/2 HP motor and solid cast iron construction, and you'll see why this has become the mortiser of choice for busy shops around the country!
0-30 Degree Fence Adjustment
Column Tilts 30 Degrees Left and Right
X and Y Moving Table
Steel Cabinet Stand with Indexed Storage Shelf for Mortising Chisels
Features:
- Work Stop with Extension Rods for Setting Each Workpiece Exactly the Same
- Adjustable Handle
- Dovetail Ways on Column
- Powder Coated Finish
- Rack-and-Pinion Headstock Control
- Gas Strut Assisted Head Return
- Quick-Acting Rack-and-Pinion Drive on Longitudinal Slide
- Tilting Column
Specifications:
- Motor: 1-1/2 HP, 110V/220V, single-phase, TEFC, 1725 RPM, prewired 110V
- Vertical spindle travel: 9"
- Head vertical travel: 3"
- Table cross travel: 3"
- Chisel capacity: 1/4" - 1-1/2"
- Maximum chisel stroke: 6-1/4"
- Maximum workplace width: 9"
- Chuck capacity: 1/2"
- Collar size: 5/8" and 3/4"
- Spindle speed: 1725 RPM
- Solid cast iron construction
- Dovetail ways on column
- Rack-and-pinion headstock control
- Gas-spring assisted head return
- Work stop with extension rods for setting each workpiece exactly the same
- Quick acting rack-and-pinion drive on longitudinal slide speeds up production of wide mortises
- Angled fence adjustment
- Large hold down clamp
- Steel cabinet stand with indexed storage shelf for mortising chisels
- Stand included
Kevin Minehart
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2021
I bought this thing from the Grizzly website. I really do love their tools, I have the bandsaw, jointer, and planer. I don't want to post a review there because their website is notorious very clearly turns 1 star reviews into 5 star reviews.I thought this thing would be awesome. All cast-iron and very heavy duty, supports any kind of tilting and angles I would care about, and according to the manual it supports chisels up to 1-1/8" shank. What could go wrong?A few things:This thing was clearly just not designed or tested or something. Some examples:* There are gibs for adjusting the table sliding resistance that you will just not be able to reach. This is something you'll have to adjust a lot, and it will always bring you great pain. You'll want to tighten these such that the table doesn't move when dropping the chisel down, but is still easy enough to move with the wheel.* The lever will run into the wheel for sliding the table left to right. This gets REALLY annoying.* The stops for moving the table left-to-right slide with the table and run into the threaded rod that turns the table. This means some stop positions can't be done.* Those same stops use a really awful hand-turning screw. They're just not reliably tight.* The wheels don't really give you enough leverage to move stuff around very easily.* The clamp really is terrible. It’s not long enough to clamp a 2x4 to the fence, you need spacers to do that.* What’s really great about the clamp is that it’s attached to the table on some long holes with a nut and bolt / locking washers. The clamp slides along these holes a lot, weakening the clamping force to the fence, causing the workpiece to rise up with the chisel. It’s super annoying.And last but definitely not least, the documentation was wrong about supporting 1-1/8" shank chisels. They are going to correct their documentation online. There was a correction that was issued ex-post-facto for this. The machine supports up to 28mm shank chisels, which translates to ~1-13/128", according to my calipers. I don't know about you but I've never heard of a 28mm shank chisel. They're just 3/128" off from supporting 1-1/8" chisels. The icing on the cake here is that the mortiser comes with two bushings: a 5/8" bushing and a 3/4" bushing. The 5/8" bushing is the correct size; 28mm. The 3/4" bushing however doesn't fit because well... it's 1-1/8". My theory is someone messed up the machining in the manufacturing plant, and instead of remaking their inventory or recalling the units, they updated the documentation and updated the bushings, and I happened to get one that was missed.A well-built machine for sure. But not a well designed one. Go with the powermatic. It's cheaper and it's better.
J.B.
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020
The machine itself seems like it us going to be pretty good. Not quite as heavy as I would have liked. Even locked down the head is a little flexible. And the clamp that you use to clamp the wood in place is junk. Very hard to use. Think I can make one of my own design and will then have a pretty good machine .
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