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   davidbelize | Jan 22, 2004 08:43pm | #1

   AT the school I teach at we have used two jet mortising machines, we made 100 armchairs over 1600 1/2" joints in two weeks using cabbage bark timber which is very hard, the machines got through it with no problems, one machine is four years old and still going well.  Also they are working in 85 degree + temperatures.

   I am going to buy one myself for home use

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   BarryG | Jan 23, 2004 06:23am | #2

   Hi Davidbelize,

   Thanks for your post. I teach technology education at a JHS in Colorado. We have a Jet belt/disc sander and it has passed the real test of durability. I have seen the Jet mortising machine at a store, and it seems like it would work fine. Are you from Belize? We are heading there in March.

   Thanks, Barry

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   davidbelize | Jan 23, 2004 05:49pm | #3

   I have lived here for 11 years now.

   We also have a jet 15" planer that is a great tool.  School tools get heavily used and some hard use so I try to get good quality but there is the problem of finance for the best tools.  The cheap ones are false econamy though.

   David

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   JRuss | Nov 18, 2004 12:34am | #5

   Ever run in to a jim Burke down there? He ran a bar there at one time.Never serious, but always right.

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   mwill222 | Nov 15, 2004 08:29pm | #4

   I am using a Delta benchtop mortiser and am looking to upgrade the mortising bits.  Any suggestions as to which company makes good mortising bits?  What did you use on the chair project, and what size?

   Thanks,

   Michael