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First, a little background...
I've been looking, on and off, to decide which dedicated mortising machine to consider. Then I ran across the Trend machine. You can probably guess that I don't have the scratch for a Leigh or table version of the Powermatic (719). My planned use for M&T's is furniture for the new house. After that any M&T equipment is likely to collect dust between uses.
Things I am considering is by using a dedicated mortiser, I will still have the tenons to deal with. Most of you will probably say that's not an issue...I would probably agree over time. The Trend seems easy enough to deal with mass-producing several mortises and tenons with the same settings.
So now for the questions...
Do any of you run the Trend and how do you like it...? Anything to watch out for with the Trend...?
Are there those of you who would recommend a dedicated mortiser regardless of the reported ease of using the Trend...?
Thanks in advance...Nick
I've been looking, on and off, to decide which dedicated mortising machine to consider. Then I ran across the Trend machine. You can probably guess that I don't have the scratch for a Leigh or table version of the Powermatic (719). My planned use for M&T's is furniture for the new house. After that any M&T equipment is likely to collect dust between uses.
Things I am considering is by using a dedicated mortiser, I will still have the tenons to deal with. Most of you will probably say that's not an issue...I would probably agree over time. The Trend seems easy enough to deal with mass-producing several mortises and tenons with the same settings.
So now for the questions...
Do any of you run the Trend and how do you like it...? Anything to watch out for with the Trend...?
Are there those of you who would recommend a dedicated mortiser regardless of the reported ease of using the Trend...?
Thanks in advance...Nick