Horizontal boring machine/mortiser

[Nate Rogers]

Hello All,
I am looking to upgrade my homemade horizontal boring machine/mortiser, I have looked at several options out there and wonder if any of you own these pieces of equipment.

One is this overhead machine by Delta, I am not really sure what it was designed for but I could see it working well for mortises.
http://media.ptg-online.com/media/dm/Products/Tools/ExtraLarge/20021129200000_32-325_72dpi_400.jpg




One is this piece of grizzly equipment, I am not a huge fan of grizzly equipment but this could also work. Anybody have any opinions?

http://images.grizzly.com/grizzlycom/pics/jpeg500/g/g0540.jpg

[Jim Becker]

That Griz unit looks like an "uncoupled" version of similar nature to the slot mortiser available for my MM FS350 J/P combo. (I don't have the mortiser due to space issues) This is the first I've seen it...very interesting!

[Bruce Wrenn]

Delta is a line boring machine, used to bore shelf pin holes. If my memory serves me correct, it has plastic gears, and hence it's low price as compared to other machines. I don't think they would stand up to stresses that you would be introducing on them.