It was a good weekend last weekend! I received two tools, one in another thread.
This one is a Delta Benchtop Mortiser. I received it the same day as the radio!
Some people said that the hold down on this machine was not any good at all. I have found it to be really good so far. It is a really secure hold down. I do see how an x/y table would be a great addition, but I don't think that it is a must have. I would use the x/y table mostly to move the peice to continue a longer mortise. Moving it by hand works well, but I can see how the table would be better.
The machine was all set up out of the box. All I had to do was attach the handle and whipe of the grease. It was great!
It took me about 45 minutes to lay out 44 mortises, becuase I am SLOW at it! I can't lay out evenly spaced mortises very well. Once they were layed out, it took me about 30 minutes to cut all 44. I thought that was very good for my first time with the machine.
If you are thinking about a mortiser, this is the one!