Makita 7104L/2 240V Chain Mortiser

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I finally broke down and bought the Makita last year when I was building my own project I have used them off and on for years and never had a problem with the Makita mortiser . The sword saw has a riving knife, but that doesn't appear to be useful for tenons as no cut will exceed 175mm. I am making a couple of timber frames shortly, and have about 120 mortises to cut in green oak beams of either 175 x 175 or 150 x 150 cross section. It’s curious how people sometimes try to own other people’s work by stuffing them under some label like “hacker” or “gamer” etc. It easily and smoothly plunges a first mortise (about 11/16" x 2-1/16" with the 18mm chain) all the way through a 6x6.

America has been pre-eminently a wood-producing country, and has brought sh a ping, planing an d m wing machinery into the greatest perfection. but can never find much info, Eventually I wont to build my own home with log posts and sawn timber for the frame. Used for thousands of years by woodworkers around the world, the mortise and tenon joint is both simple and strong, and a critical link in building a timber frame. Get a good forstner bit the width required and drill out the majority of the wood and pare back the rest with a chisel. If you wouldn't mind, you should fill out your signature more with your location and other items like what equipment you have.It is working ok and i am getting the hang of it a bit but sometimes when im tidying them up I have trouble with the saw wanting to jump around and its hard to keep steady. Doing a bunch of plunges, then unclamping, moving, reclamping the post and then plunging a bunch more times seems silly. They have an outer tooth on each side that acts as a scoring cutter, and they are offset into the centre to give an accurate kerf - hence why they come in different thicknesses. Im Just trying to find out what sort of saw and bar and chain combo People use for chainsaw Mortising ect In the log home building industry or any one else that uses this method? Some of our supplier's literature/videos may display optional features which aren't always available on our equipment.

It requires way to much force to be applied to the small locking lever to hold when applying the locking lever.Can anyone tell me if they have purchased one of the used models from Japan and if they had any issues with voltage (Japan is 100v while USA is 110-120v)? The Makita Chain Mortiser is ideal for timber framing and log home building and great for any woodworker needing to cut mortises in timbers or logs. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Repetitive work like this easily gives me tennis elbow as well so I am wary of overdoing this kind of task that will require a good deal of hammering, even though I slightly think that using a chain mortiser is cheating.

Soon after i t s introduction t he a pp arently weak band sa w was developed so as to cut the hard -est w ood of any thickness with accuracy, economy and convenience undreamt of. The biggest downside is that you are limited by the depth of the mortises, they are not UL listed (the last time I checked) and the upfront cost. majority of our projects now are CNC machined, but I still use the old mortiser when on site for modifications. Posted By: Peter_in_Hungary Posted By: JoinerReplacement chains for chain morticers are eye-wateringly expensive.I had pondered a sword saw for the tenons, but these are really just a glorified chain saw (limited to 200mm cut) and as I already have a couple of those I think I can cover the tenons and general dimensioning with a big circular saw and a chain saw.