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Looking to mortice a lot of ash

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  • 19-01-2014 10:08pm
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    valen
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭


    I've a load of 27mm planks of ash, that I need to do a lot of ~30 mm morticing. I thought I could do it with a pillar drill, so got a mortice bit (with chisel on the side), but..not so much.

    Anyone got advice on how to do this properly ? I'm loathe to spend more than €150 on a solution, and suspect a morticer good enough to do 30mm ash is likely spendy. Are there any places near Dublin that would rent me something that'd do the job ?


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    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭Odelay


    How many motices? Used to do 30 in a day with a pillar drill, chisel and a very sore shoulder. Ash is a pain in the ass. A joinery would do it for you but would be hard to let you use their equipment or borrow it.


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    valen
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭valen


    I'd estimate maybe 100. I did the first ~8 with jig saw & chisels, but it seems to be taking me about 20 mins each.

    Arguably, ash is a pain in every single upper body muscle. It's the first time I'm working with it, and I'm amazed that it's so hard that I can actually cut myself off the 90 degree corner, once it's planed...


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    topcatcbr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭topcatcbr


    Depending on how deep the mortice is a router might be the way to go.


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    recipio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    topcatcbr wrote: »
    Depending on how deep the mortice is a router might be the way to go.

    ;) Agree. Make a jig with ply or mdf to take the bushing supplied with the router.I'd invest in a downcuttung spiral bit which will give you a smooth cutting action.There are dedicated mortice and tenon jigs made by Trend and Leigh - unfortunately way above your budget.
    I've gone over to the Beadlock system, a jig which lets you insert loose tenons which works a treat.It uses an electric drill to make the mortices and you can mill your own tenons on the router table.


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