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Pros & Cons
Pros
The delta 17-924 type 2 mortising attachment is a professional-grade mortising tool. The kit comes with the ability to clamp around four different sizes of quills. The only downside is that you can’t use the drill press for making normal holes while i... Read More
For under a hundred dollars you have a satisfactory mortiser. It is not the greatest option for making mortises, but for the price, and not having to buy a dedicated machine it does work. Since i planned to cut mortices into hard eastern maple, i deci... Read More
All the components are beefy and well-made. It seems stout and while the carrying case doesn't fit well, it does hold everything.
It takes a few moments to grasp the concept of drilling square holes. Regarding squaring the chisel with the fence, it's really quite fast and easy using a try square. It's mostly about providing enough steady downward force pushing into the wood.
Sharpening the square hollow chisel. You need a conical diamond stone and a flat sharpening stone of some kind to properly sharpen the chisels.
Cons
The chisel holder tends to slip up the quill. Aligning the cutter to be square with the edge of the work piece is almost impossible. Clamp it down (btw the table is way too short!
Highlights
Quality
By rotating the chisel you can square it with the try square blade edge which makes it square with the fence
6 the kit comes with the ability to clamp around four different sizes of quills
The top clamp does not always sit square with the chisel so i had to be careful when tightening the top clamp retaining screw t... Read More
With the type 2 the instructions are minimal with no specifics on setup by drill press type
Price
A very good product for a good price
Shipping
Maybe not as fast or accurate but easy to use
Packaging/appearance
It takes some effort to push the chisel into the workpiece
In practice you want the chisel evenly supported within the workpiece
Competitiveness
Been looking for a way to do this with out buying a separate tool wooks great
Unless you are a fulltime furniture maker this attachment makes much more sense and costs a lot less than a fulltime dedicated machine
I was going to make this a 4star review but then realized that i shouldnt ding the company for not making this fit 50 year old ... Read More
There is a utube video on it a good read maybe even a must read
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
good, fit, set and square. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 203 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 24 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have only set it up to make sure every thing fit like it should and tried it out only
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The operator does need to be accurate with hisher positioning of the wood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is a set of directions available on the delta web site that explain the setup in greater detail
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is southern pine and very hard to cut even with a table saw
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was disappointed that the tool could not make any mortises in this ultra hard wood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i expect this mortising attachment will work well in softer wood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The problem was that the instructions for using the split rings did not match my particular delta drill press model
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The square chisel can be turned once inside the chassis by loosening the large retaining thumb screw
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