Angled mortises

[Johann Mendelsohn]

Must make quite a lot of angled mortises to the underside of two staircase handrails! Any tips or special methods will be appreciated! Thank you. Johann

[lowell holmes]

You could set up a drill press to drill angled holes in the handrail and put round spindles in.

You might find help in the Neanderthal Haven group.

[John TenEyck]

I've used one of these to drill spindle holes in the underside of handrails. Worked fine. http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=34965976&KPID=18465513&kpid=18465513&pla=pla_18465513

John
(http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=34965976&KPID=18465513&kpid=18465513&pla=pla_18465513)

[stevo wis]

I just finished up chopping a whole series of 45 degree mortises in a table I am building. I made some guide blocks and inserts that acted like a doweling jig. The hardest part was chopping the acute angle. After talking with a timberframer, I found that they normally don't chop the acute angle, but rather keep that angle at 90 degrees.
I have a series of blog entries that document this build. The entry that deals with the guide is http://lumberjocks.com/stevo_wis/blog/43286. Please let me know if I can help.
Stevo