I'm planning on building the Woodsmith Mortising Machine, as described in the #217 issue. My initial use for it will be making small mortises for some box designs.
The design uses two sets of drawer slides - one pair of 10" slides for the vertical motion, and a pair of 18" drawer slides for the horizontal motion of the table. I'm wondering if there is a better alternative to using drawer slides? Would using miter track and something like Microjig Zeroplay miter bars work better? I'm just thinkiing that drawer slides might not hold up over time, and may introduce some slop.
John