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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	If you had to choose May 3^rd, 2022 at 4:34pm Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Is the Mortise Match OR the Auto Angle drill guide the better deal?
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Glenn Roberts Senior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 415 Walworth, NY New York USA Gender:	Re: If you had to choose Reply #1 - May 4^th, 2022 at 10:23pm Has to be a misprint.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,997 Wilton California USA Gender:	Re: If you had to choose Reply #2 - May 5^th, 2022 at 10:06am Sadly, it's not I paid less for my radial drill press than the little angle jig costs
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Reply #3 - May 5^th, 2022 at 10:15am

Umm, didn't see anything that was labeled a mortice match. I think every drill press has a table that tilts, so don't understand the concept.... My family owns a manufacturing business in the mid west, and my dad said metal prices tripled last year. Maybe that is part of the 'cost'..... Don't have any of their tools, at least not yet...

Then there is Bridge City tools....

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Chris Brock Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 222 Phoenix Arizona USA Gender:	Re: If you had to choose Reply #4 - May 5^th, 2022 at 10:31am It's a constant source of amazement (and incredulity, truth be told) to me that there is enough of a market in the world to support a business like that.
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Reply #5 - May 5^th, 2022 at 5:34pm

Sorry, I didn't think the page I linked to was one that changed, oops Embarrassed

Mortise Match
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Yes, Drill press tables tilt but that means your stock tilts too, this is not always convenient or even possible. Which is why I have a radial drill press.

The mortise thing is simply a clamping board with a fence that has an angle attachment. Anyone who has a biscuit jointer probably made something similar once upon a time.

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robo_hippy WR Addict Offline Posts: 3,638 Eugene, OR USA	Re: If you had to choose Reply #6 - May 6^th, 2022 at 11:55am Okay.... Another pass for me. Heck, I could make my own easier than that... I have just stuck with the old biscuit/plate joiners. Looked at the Festool variation and thought nope, not any better than the standard... robo hippy
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Glenn Jacobs WR Addict Offline JC L&S Posts: 2,077 North DFW, Texas Texas USA Gender:	Re: If you had to choose Reply #7 - May 6^th, 2022 at 12:31pm The dowel plate design mandates that I buy only from that manufacturer. With biscuits, I can buy from anyone. An adjustable angle (like we used in Engineering) is only about 20 bucks nowadays. I agree, I can make this for much less. Glenn J
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Reply #8 - May 6^th, 2022 at 2:41pm

robo_hippy wrote on May 6^th, 2022 at 11:55am:

Okay.... Another pass for me. Heck, I could make my own easier than that... I have just stuck with the old biscuit/plate joiners. Looked at the Festool variation and thought nope, not any better than the standard...

robo hippy

I had that exact same thought and shared it on another board. I was told the the fence that flips over and can be used on both sides for a left AND right cut was ingenious, called it the "brain" of the unit and was offended that I called it a clamping board with a fence.
I even showed plans I found online for one dating back to 2001 but was told "it's not the same" Roll Eyes

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"The jig could hardly be simpler. Our primary design criterion was making the 3 ft. by 3 ft. jig big enough to handle cabinet parts or other likely production pieces; please feel encouraged to adapt the dimensions to suit your specific needs."

I suppose I'm just not as easily impressed as some, by an idea that's been around for a few decades getting a new paint job and asking $699.99 for.

Oh well, to each his own.

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