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Powermatic 719A Mortiser Benchtop mortisers can be fussy machines to set up, adjust and keep in alignment. And then using them involves a long series of motions to move your work and keep it in position as you plunge. If you're seriously into mortises, you need to check out the Powermatic 719A floor-model mortiser. This $790 monster sports a sliding table that looks like it's off a metal-working milling machine. To make a mortise, you clamp your work on the table and use two hand wheels to move the work. Nothing could be easier. The 1 hp motor spins at 1,720 rpm, but Contact Powermatic at 800- refuses to stall in even the toughest cut. Because this thing is so big, you can mortise work up to high, something that's tricky to do with nearly any benchtop machine. The machine is also equipped with stops that allow you to control where each mortise begins and ends; however, we rarely use them and have found it just as easy to eyeball our layout lines. After almost a year of use in our shop, the Powermatic has become a shop favorite. Save your pennies, and you'll find out why, too. 248-0144 or www.powermatic.com Milwaukee BodyGrip Router The hottest router accessory over the past year or two has been some mechanism to easily adjust the router height while in a router table. Milwaukee shocked a lot of people this summer with the announcement of two new routers that offer that feature built-in and easy to use. The 561520 or the D-handled 5619-20 fixed-base routers are sleeved routers that slide directly into the base. A micro-adjustment threaded rod is permanently attached to the motor and adjusts the motor height directly up and down, locking in place with a user-friendly lever. Simple. A hole is drilled in the base and sub-Contact Milwaukee at 877-279- base to access the threaded rod from the underside of the router using the provided 3/8" hex-drive tool. In addition, the two-handle 5615 model offers a new over-molded grip and strap, which lets you use the router one-handed for simple cuts. It's very comfortable. The routers will also be available with a handy clamshell case that holds the router (with a bit in the chuck) upright on your bench. Both routers have 11-amp motors operating at 24,000 rpm, and both 1/4" and 1/2" collets. Priced about $150, these are nicely appointed, well-crafted routers that answer a need in a simple way. Keep up the good work, guys. 7819 or www.mil-electric-tool.com Veritas Low-Angle Spokeshave Nothing beats a traditional wooden spoke-shave for shaping end grain. But wooden shaves wear out and are difficult to sharpen. Modern metal-bodied spokeshaves are hardy tools and easy to sharpen, but they don't perform as well. This year, Veritas started manufacturing a traditional-looking shave in cast aluminum and added some more features that make this the best spokeshave on the market today. The 1/8"-thick A2 steel blade is easy to remove for sharpening and can be slid forward and back to open and close the mouth of the shave — much like a plane. That's Contact Lee Valley Tools at 800 nice, but the big difference between this tool and every other one on the market is the toe piece screwed on the front of the tool. With one side of the toe down, you can fair outside curves. Turn it over, and you can shape inside hollows with surprising ease. In addition to its traditional role in shaping chair parts, this spokeshave will easily fill in for an oscillating spindle sander in a powered shop. And at less than $40, there's no reason not to add this one-of-a-kind tool to your collection. -871-8158 or www.leevalley.com 47 |
