What is a mortising attachment?
Mortising attachments are available for almost every drill press. Mortising bits cut square holes. The auger bit fits inside the chisel and protrudes slightly. During operation, the auger drills a round hole and the four-sided chisel squares the corners. Cut side by side, square holes create mortises.
Can I use a mortise bit in a hand drill?
Pro Tip: Don’t attempt to use a mortising bit in a handheld power drill. We’ve tried it…and it doesn’t work. If you attempt to use a mortising bit in your drill press, you’re going to need to retrofit your machine quite a bit.
What is the best way to cut a mortise?
Set the plunge depth on the router to cut the mortise to correct depth. Clamp the work piece in place and make the plunge cut. Start at one end of the mortise, and keeping the guide block pressed against the work piece, slide the router to the other end of the mortise. Use a chisel to square the ends if necessary.
What is a mortise drill?
A mortiser or morticer is a specialized woodworking machine used to cut square or rectangular holes in a piece of lumber (timber), such as a mortise in a mortise and tenon joint.
What is mortising attachment?
Mortising attachment converts a drill press into an accurate mortising machine for woodworking applications Allows user to easily chisel accurate, professional-looking square holes Attachment fits over drill presses with spindle sliding bush diameters of 52.5mm, 55mm, 58m and 60mm Comes with 4 chisel shank sizes: 1/4in., 5/16in., 1/2in. and 5/8in.
What is a mortise Mount hinge?
Half mortise hinges are hinges that have one leaf mounted to the visible front of the frame and the other leaf mounted in a hinge prep, or mortise, on the edge of the door. They are also called Butt Hinges since they are actually inserted, or mortised, into the frame of the door.
What are mortise locks?
Mortise lock. A mortise lock ( mortice lock in British English) is a lock that requires a pocket—the mortise—to be cut into the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted. In most parts of the world, mortise locks are found on older buildings constructed before the advent of bored cylindrical locks,…
What is a mortise bit?
A mortise bit is a specialized drill bit used with a mortising machine or a drill press equipped with a mortising attachment. Its purpose is to cut corners into mortises, the slots cut into wood stock to form one-half of a mortise and tenon joint, one of the mainstays of woodworking joinery.