Where would i find Northfeild Hollow chissel mortiser or the like..

[Patrick Walsh]

I need a hollow chisel mortiser kinda asap to soonish and i dont want to buy the powermatic or general offerings.

I probably will but i would rather not.

[Martin Wasner]

Northfield has them. I don't know about asap though. The don't carry much for complete machines in stock.

[Charles Randal Smith]

When I chewed up the 1 inch hollow chisel on my General mortiser, I replaced it with Lee Valley's premium chisel. Kind of expensive, but it's a quality tool.

Charles

[David Kumm]

Check the machinery exchange on Woodweb. Oliver, Yates, Greenlee, Wysong, Fay and Egan, Wallace, General, a bunch of other companies made high quality stuff. They will be heavy. Dave

[Patrick Walsh]

Been looking on Woodweb weekly for months.

No luck yet. Im torn really as most of these machines will be 3 phase. I just don't want to add junk to my stable being im trying to build a forever shop or close to it.

If ingo single phase Felder FD250 i pay dearly for it. I cant help but think for general furniture making a stand up unit will be the most user friendly and straight forward.

i bet i end up with a new General :(

[peter gagliardi]

You could also post a want to buy on Woodweb, post a want to buy on the OWWM Boyd forum as well. Between the two, I have rarely if ever not found what I wanted. You might need another couple weeks to a months worth of patience before that certain seller sees your ad. So far I would classify your looking activities as passive, you will do MUCH better when you switch to active. Just my experience. Also helps to know your approximate region for sellers.

[Matt Day]

If you are looking at machinery this large, three-phase should not be an issue. VFD, RPC, etc. would fix you right up.

[Joe Calhoon]

Try all of Craigs List and Ebay. There are a few vintage machines out there right now. No Northfields though. The new Eastern imported HCs are garbage. Ford Machinery in Canada has a bunch of the old General HC for sale. I found a nice Wadkin DM to compliment my Maka. Took a couple months of looking.

[David Kumm]

For what it is worth I've used a Hollow chisel, FD 250 and Bacci oscillating and the Bacci is what gets used the most. The 3 phase on the F and E is nice because I've found that many run too fast. I run at 50 hz most of the time which seems to be the sweet spot.322268 Dave322269

[Patrick Walsh]

I would agree i am in passive mode.

i just took delivery of a Felder AD941 and Felder RL125. The two machines cost just under $17K. I placed a order for another 2K of Nordfab Thursday.

An friend that is a electrician actaully just left. He will be back next weekend to finish the job. My guess is labor and materials all said and done for electrical will be about $700-1000 bucks. Not bad for what im getting no complaints on the electrical front.

On the other hand i have spent just about $20K in the last few weeks. Oh yeah and i need a tool or two to set my new machine up properly.

I really am trying to make the right purchases the first time. On the other hand i need a machine that will cut mortices easily within a fairly short window. I have a couple projects coming up that will requre i can cut accurate mortice in short order.

First world problems no complaints by me.

i never would had thought i would be as excited about some new electrical work as i am. I think i was as excited by my new dedicated 30amp outlets as i was my new machines. Maybe more?



You could also post a want to buy on Woodweb, post a want to buy on the OWWM Boyd forum as well. Between the two, I have rarely if ever not found what I wanted. You might need another couple weeks to a months worth of patience before that certain seller sees your ad. So far I would classify your looking activities as passive, you will do MUCH better when you switch to active. Just my experience. Also helps to know your approximate region for sellers.