curiousgeorge

Reiki, this can be done easily on your drill press. Simply clamp a board on your press for a fence that will put the bit at the proper position. Then it is only a matter of sliding the board to be morticed along the fence for each hole. A brad point bit works good for this to keep it from wandering on you. After you have the holes drilled you don't have to have a morticing chisel, just a good sharp bench chisel will do to clean out and square the hole. If you are worried about keeping the hole sides straight, clamp a board on top and use the side of the board as a guide for your chisel. Hope this helped.

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harrysin

Both Bj and Mike have come up with sensible answers, however it will come as no surprise when I say that routing with a simple jig is the way that I would go, but it's important to remember that when the wood is flipped over, so must the template in case it isn't dead on.

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Hamlin

Hi Bob,

Sorry for not responding sooner, as you know, the computer has been in the shop, just got it back this am.
I think I can get it to fit my "supershop", (almost identical to the shopsmith MarkV). The quill should be the right size diameter for it, I will give it a try later this weekend. My craftsman however, it's too large.

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