Well I stand corrected. I have not tried every mortising tool. An oscillating chisel mortiser sounds extremely cool. I looked at some old ones online and they seem like about 3000 lb monsters that can really cut a mortise.
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing the OP asking whether he should consider a bench top or floor model hollow chisel mortiser from Woodcraft isn't really in the market for a multi thousand dollar, multi thousand pound industrial mortiser to refurbish. We can all dream though.... Kind of like the answer to the question "2020 Toyota Corolla or Camry" being "import and refurbish a right hand drive 1985 Land Rover Defender."
But still - would love to see and hear more about your Maka! Any pics? Sounds like the bomb.
Richard Link
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