I can't comment the "cleanliness" of the cut. But I know I can a decent onr Forstner and chisel, but it's a lot of work:roll: The router makes a great mortise, but it is a lot of set up time, to just make one or two of the same size.
I was looking at at mortisers at the Klingspor in Raleigh. (Sorry, tom
). They had a General for $900 with 1 HP motor Head agles so you can make angled mortises and the the x-y table is built in. It was so sexy:drunken_s
Anyway the project that made me even think of a mortiser, doesn't look feasable for evewn the expnesive one. There is only 2-4 inches of clearance between fence and chisel. It seems all these machine are meant for legs, aprons and stiles. Anything, else, and would back to forstner or router.
Thanks for chiming in, I appreciate it.
BTW, I was looking at the trend jig and i think it it would have the same restriction.
I think maybe I'm just looking to buy another tool :eusa_naug rather than finish the work I got:eusa_whis