Chet 658 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I spent a couple of afternoons making the Morley Mortiser for cutting mortises with the router to go with loose tenons. I haven't done any real projects with it yet but did a number of test runs and I am pretty pleased with it so far. It just clamps to your work bench when you are using it. It cost about $60.00, $35 for a 5 x 5 sheet of 3/4 baltic birch (most of which is left over) and $20.00 in hardware. I had the clamps for holding you work piece already so I saved some there. Instead of me explaining its use, I have posted Phillip's YouTube video. His plans are $9.95 Phillips video 5 Quote “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” John Wooden Link to post Share on other sites
pkinneb 130 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Great execution Chet!! On another note you seriously got 3/4" 5x5 BB for $35? I just paid $58 a sheet and had a heck of a time finding it at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chet 658 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 I am sorry Paul. I made a mistake it was $28.86. They have 5 - 6 foot tall stacks of 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 1 inch (or what ever the mm conversions are) all the time. Quote “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” John Wooden Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenskye (Bryan) 459 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Since I sold my Domino, I really should make something like this. Chet, very nicely done, and you got some great BB prices! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 526 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Great piece! Curious to hear how you like it. Those prices are a deal! But the sales tax?! Wows-a! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chet 658 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: Since I sold my Domino, I really should make something like this. I put mine on the market today. 52 minutes ago, Jamie said: Great piece! Curious to hear how you like it. Those prices are a deal! But the sales tax?! Wows-a! I messed around with it quit a bit today and I am really happy with how it works. This would make cutting mortises in Things like chair parts and oddly shaped table legs pretty easy. Yea, the sales tax does suck. 2 Quote “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” John Wooden Link to post Share on other sites
Kev 1,120 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Ok, I just pooped a little in my pants! Absolutely choking on your price for the BB! You live in CA! This can't be accurate! Nice job on the jig! Looking forward to watching the video! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pkinneb 130 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 19 hours ago, Kev said: Ok, I just pooped a little in my pants! Absolutely choking on your price for the BB! You live in CA! This can't be accurate! No kidding that makes two of us!! What are you doing carrying it off the boat Chet LOL. I suspect finding something cheaper in CA doesn't happen to often but that's crazy cheap compared to $58 a sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chet 658 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, pkinneb said: I suspect finding something cheaper in CA doesn't happen to often We make up for it with our housing prices. 1 Quote “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” John Wooden Link to post Share on other sites
Kev 1,120 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I'm paying $50.00 a sheet.. I'm guessing @Chet's pricing must be a stack of mismarked stuff...lol. Buy it all Chet and resell it! You could make money! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 526 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I have never seen a sheet of 5x5 sold anywhere. For the kitchen project I have priced a bunch of 3/4 4x8 birch and it’s coming in around 55-60. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kev 1,120 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 34 minutes ago, Jamie said: I have never seen a sheet of 5x5 sold anywhere. For the kitchen project I have priced a bunch of 3/4 4x8 birch and it’s coming in around 55-60. The 5 x 5 stuff is the real BB ply.. Pretty nice stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 526 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 8 minutes ago, Kev said: The 5 x 5 stuff is the real BB ply.. Pretty nice stuff! Is there quite a difference in it vs the 4x8? For me I don’t see how 5x5 would be very efficient in common size plywood usage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kev 1,120 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 6 minutes ago, Jamie said: Is there quite a difference in it vs the 4x8? For me I don’t see how 5x5 would be very efficient in common size plywood usage. I personally have never seen it in other than 5 x 5. I've certainly seen Birch Ply in 4 x 8 sheets but, it's not the BB ply. I'm in a hotel but, perhaps @Chet can snag a picture of the edge on BB ply? I will say that it's not very often that you ever see a void in the real stuff! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenskye (Bryan) 459 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, Jamie said: Is there quite a difference in it vs the 4x8? For me I don’t see how 5x5 would be very efficient in common size plywood usage. In most cases, in a cabinet shop 5x5 BB is extremely efficient, since there are a lot of 30” dimensions in cabinets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chet 658 Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 5 hours ago, Jamie said: I have never seen a sheet of 5x5 sold anywhere. The 5x5 sizing is actually a hold over from the Europe aviation industry. The stuff I get has some kind of grading make on it for aviation use. Don't know what language it is in so I can't read it to see what it really says. The hardwood manager told me what it was. He said to get that seal it can't have voids. Like Kev said it has no voids Quote “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” John Wooden Link to post Share on other sites
pkinneb 130 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 15 hours ago, Jamie said: Is there quite a difference in it vs the 4x8? For me I don’t see how 5x5 would be very efficient in common size plywood usage. Really depends. In my case I needed 30" wide x 10' long for my project so two sheets covers me where it would have taken 3 sheets of 4x8. Since at that point the cost was about the same I went with the higher quality BB which is so nice to work with 🙂 Having said that if I was building cabinets i would have gone a different route. What I typically will not do is buy big box store plywood, while cheaper I have just had to many issues with it. I bought a sheet from Menards a couple years back and it was so bad as I cut it up it started delaminating, while I suspect this was a manufacturing defect, and they did actually refund my money on the cut up sheet, I now try to only use higher quality plywood. It cost more but so much nicer to work with. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie 526 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 10 hours ago, Chet said: The 5x5 sizing is actually a hold over from the Europe aviation industry. The stuff I get has some kind of grading make on it for aviation use. Don't know what language it is in so I can't read it to see what it really says. The hardwood manager told me what it was. He said to get that seal it can't have voids. Like Kev said it has no voids Yes that looks like really good material. Just dont have the buying options out here in Iowa 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kev 1,120 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Jamie said: Yes that looks like really good material. Just dont have the buying options out here in Iowa Check with your HW dealer and see if you can get it.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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