David -
Hi there! Well, I have a mess of mortises to cut, and have decided to get a
benchtop mortiser... I've been looking at the Delta and the General Int'l,
and am leaning toward the GI unit.
Wood magazine *just* came out w/a review of benchtop units and gave two GI
mortisers some good marks - they reviewed the 75-050M1 and 75-050T, the
difference in the two being that the head on the latter unit tilts for
making angled mortises. When I saw that, I said "SOLD!" General's tilting
head mortiser w/a sliding table is 800, and that's a bit rich for my tastes
at the moment.
The kicker, of course, is that the "T"... It isn't on General Int'l's
website, and
General Dealers refer me to the larger 75-075... so...
The review in Wood Mag had TWO separate General Int'l mortisers, bigger'n
God's Ass, but damned if I can find one. I've heard that this is a brand
new tool - do you have any idea when it'll be shipping? They had it listed
for $340,
street price. If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate
it. A DAGS comes up empty..
Thanks in advance!
John Moorhead
Lakeport, Northern Calif
Slowalker -
Yes, and the mortiser is NOT listed on the website, as I had mentioned in my
original post. There are two General Int'l mortisers, and apparently they
have a new one that is not shown on the site, tho' it did get a good review
in the latest Wood Magazine article.
The California distributors that I have contacted either are unaware of the
new mortiser and mistakenly refer me to the 1" behemoth at about $800, or
say it will be a couple of months before they are available. I haven't had
any luck with the ususal online tool sellers. I did get a response from an
editor at Wood with a contact at General, so I guess I'll see if that call
gets returned.
John Moorhead
"slowalker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> http://www.general.ca/english/main.html
>
> Distributor list who sells
>
>
> "John Moorhead" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > David -
> >
> > Hi there! Well, I have a mess of mortises to cut, and have decided to
get
> a
> > benchtop mortiser... I've been looking at the Delta and the General
Int'l,
> > and am leaning toward the GI unit.
> >
> > street price. If you can point me in the right direction, I'd
appreciate
> > it. A DAGS comes up empty..
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > John Moorhead
> > Lakeport, Northern Calif
> >
> >
>
>
John,
> The review in Wood Mag had TWO separate General Int'l mortisers, bigger'n
> God's Ass, but damned if I can find one. I've heard that this is a brand
> new tool - do you have any idea when it'll be shipping? They had it
listed
> for $340,
> street price. If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate
> it. A DAGS comes up empty..
http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/75-050t.jpg
This *is* a *brand new* model. I am friends with the Ontario General Sales
Rep (used to work with him) and he had not heard of it until I forwarded
your email to him and he checked with head office. I have no idea on price
or availability at this point, but I will ask him on Monday when I call him
and ask him about it.
Thanks,
David.
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David,
Did you notice that they are using two different kind of pounds in Ontario.
The original is 70 lbs (32 kg) and the new tilting one is 76 lbs (42 kg).
Cheers, Ollie
PS. I like the tilting one. If the price is right, I should get one.
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote >
> http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/75-050t.jpg
>
> This *is* a *brand new* model. I am friends with the Ontario General Sales
> Rep (used to work with him) and he had not heard of it until I forwarded
> your email to him and he checked with head office. I have no idea on price
> or availability at this point, but I will ask him on Monday when I call
him
> and ask him about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
http://www.general.ca/english/main.html
Distributor list who sells
"John Moorhead" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> David -
>
> Hi there! Well, I have a mess of mortises to cut, and have decided to get
a
> benchtop mortiser... I've been looking at the Delta and the General Int'l,
> and am leaning toward the GI unit.
>
> street price. If you can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate
> it. A DAGS comes up empty..
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> John Moorhead
> Lakeport, Northern Calif
>
>
"Ollie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> David,
>
> Did you notice that they are using two different kind of pounds in
Ontario.
> The original is 70 lbs (32 kg) and the new tilting one is 76 lbs (42 kg).
Think there's an error here Ollie. 42 kg is about 92 lbs.