Workshop Tour Series #3 / Hollow Chisel Morticer Overview

In this video I do an overview of my Sedgwick 571 hollow chisel morticer (mortiser) as part of my workshop tour series. Simple way to bore square holes
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[@andrewriches506]

Good Evening Tommy. Regards from Lincolnshire UK.

Good evening Andrew

[@briangoodwin5986]

great video Tommy and congratulations on 600+ subscribers, well deserved

Thanks Brian 😊

[@brendanlenane2685]

Great video Tommy. Never fully understood how the morticer worked till now. Thnaks

Thanks Brendan I'm glad it helped 😊

[@paultay23]

Great video Tommy, I must make more use of my virtualy unused Record Power moticer...or sell it., 😉 - you really deserve more than 624 subscribers

Thanks, You should make use of it I have a few outside the box uses for a morticer hopefully show them in the future 😀.

[@denischadwick4558]

100% agree definitely deserve more subscribers more people need to know about your channel

[@williamcrawford4900]

Another great Video Tommy. Keep them coming.

Thanks William 😊

[@daveauk6898]

Nice one Tommy 👍, you shared a few valuable tips that I hadn’t considered. I have a smaller machine that isn’t used that often, hope I can remember those tips!!!

Thanks Dave 😊

[@QuadDoc]

Another great job Tommy! That was a very thorough and informative video. It’s awesome to see your tools and how you use them. I wish I had a real mortiser. I just do it the poor man’s way and put a vice grip on the chisel while my drill press pretends it’s a mortiser. Haha!! 😂Keep up the great work sir! 👊🏼👏🏼👍🏼

Thank you 😊

[@johnmurphy3854]

Very informative video Tommy and well done on the 600subs as other's have said you deserve more than that

Thank you John 😊 hopefully it will keep growing 🙏

[@denischadwick4558]

Great video Tommy, I really enjoy knowing how things work very well explained . Hope your eye is better soon 🤞

Thanks Denis 😊 yes I hope so too

[@stevesedgwick5789]

Great explanation and good manufactures name 😀

Thanks Steve 👍

[@keggyification]

Congrats on the 600 subs Tommy, well deserved Sir. You've certainly got some nice kit in your workshop I'm not jealous... well maybe just a bit 😜. Thanks for another informative video.

Thank you 😊

[@ronnyb5890]

wauw,i didnt know that ther were bits that could bore square holes,thanx to enlighten me on that subject Tommy

Thanks glad you found it informative 🙂

[@chriskildun8810]

Thorough explanation, thank you.

Thanks 🙂

[@whittysworkshop982]

Ya know a lad knows his stuff when he uses a morticer like that; it keeps the tool pressure even when you cut with either 4 or 2 sides of the chisel....... ya start cuttin with 3 sides and sometimes it wants to flex, that's why you stepped over your cuts. I use hand tools, and one of my most hated jobs is cuttin a mortice........ I see a hollow chisel someday in my future 😆
It's nice to hear an Irish accent on TH-cam lad..... This Wexford man enjoyed your video 😁

Thanks very much 🙂 from another Wexford man 😉

[@whittysworkshop982]

@ Ah jayzus lad you're closer than I thought 😂 I'm out in the sticks in Curracloe; by the finest beach in the land 🤙🤣 knowin you're close kinda makes me wanna visit your workshop 🤷‍♂️😂

@@whittysworkshop982 we might be able to arrange that sometime

[@keggyification]

Hi Tommy, hope everything is ok with you and yours, missing the videos but I'll wait patiently.

Things are getting back to normal now hopefully be back in the workshop doing a video in the coming days. Thanks for your patience 🙂

[@keggyification]

@ Thanks Tommy, looking forwards to new content when you're free.

[@samuelgardiner6504]

Another awesome video tommy. I'm loving the channel growth and I can't wait to see you hit the thousand subscribers. Do you have to sharpen the chisel a lot and is hard to sharpen? Thanks again for another great video. Cheers mate

Thanks, I can't wait either 😂 don't have to sharpen that often and if needed it's a few simple rubs on a diamond stone flat with all 4 sides

[@Jimc4007]

Another nice video.. Like that machine, it definitely would make mortise and tenon joinery a lot cleaner and easier than using a chisel.
I assume you can make a thru joint by placing a sacrificial piece of scrap underneath your work piece and just run thru to the scrap. I love the look of those joints but I'm in no way set up for it right now.

Thanks Jim 😊, yes you could do that but you would risk some tearout I would recommend morticing from each side to get the best results.

[@Jimc4007]

@ That makes sense, hadn't considered that, thanks.

[@DirkieB]

Nice machine! Would a drill press be able to do the same? Doesn't have such a sweet adjustable base of course, but does have a drill bit that goes straight up and down?

Hi Dirk, unfortunately using a drill press doesn't work with the chisel and bit combination unless you get a morticing attachment available for some drill press to hold the chisel solid.

[@billwoodworkingmarinehunt]

I've got a mortiser that connects to my drill press. What are your thoughts to this set up? I am still in the early part of my woodworking life(about 2 years) but I know this is something that I'll be doing for a long time. Should I spend the money to buy a separate machine?

I think an attachment for a drill press is functional for small projects my personal preference has always been to only upgrade to bigger machines as it became necessary. Try not to have lots of money tied up in machines and tools you seldom use.

[@guybartlett9587]

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