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   forestgirl | Feb 18, 2008 07:12pm | #1

   I don't know how the Delta is designed, but with the Steel City, you can unbolt the base, and turn it around and mortise away.  If that doesn't gain enough height, you could either put the mortiser on a platform, or place the head past the edge of the table and have stock support somehow build out there at the right height.

   Here's a picture of how a friend set his up for deep mortises (thanks, Len!).  The Steel City is a heavy darned thing, took major clamping to get it secured:

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   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 18, 2008 08:25pm | #3

   forestgirl,

   Thank Len for me.  The pic gave me an idea on how to mount my benchtop HCM.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   forestgirl | Feb 19, 2008 05:35am | #4

   Hi, Bob, I'll pass that along.  That Steel City mortiser is one I picked up on Craig's List and shipped to him.  Take note that it took a lot more clamping than he initially expected to keep that beast stable when it was bass-ackwards like that.  ;-)forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 19, 2008 05:43am | #5

   forestgirl,

   I finally got some pics of my machine island and the crude beginnings of my DC system.  Just finished the RAS/CMS setup tonight, about an hour ago.  It's a prototype to see how it works.  I'll put up some pics tomorrow.

   It ain't purty but so far everything works really good.  When I cleaned off the router table the DC sucked everything up off the table with just a little help from the shop brush.  When I ran some molding thru it this weekend past, not a spec anywhere but in the bag!

   Regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

   Edited 2/18/2008 9:46 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres

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   forestgirl | Feb 19, 2008 07:49am | #6

   "It ain't purty ...."  If it were purty, I'd have to go on over there and mess it up!  Looking forward to the pics, Bob, really interested in how you've got the tools and DC arranged.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   rsaunders | Feb 18, 2008 07:13pm | #2

   RISER BLOCK
   PART NUMBER: 909872

   Fits the 14-651.

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   user-2978030 | Jul 18, 2019 01:54pm | #7

   Thank you RSaunders. GREAT information.

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   user-2978030 | Jul 20, 2019 07:46am | #8

   I made my own riser block out of a block of teak I had lieing around. It was really easy. Then I simply got some longer bolts (plus washers) which go through the mortising assembly, through the 4 holes in the teak block, and into the base of the mortiser. I used a ratchet wrench with a socket to remove and remount the bolts. You will need another person to hold up the mortising arm as you are bolting it in. This works great.